F-spot cannot connect to Canon A70 camera when Nautilus is set to automatically open F-spot for photos

[Russell Wing]

Binary package hint: f-spot

My Canon A70 would not connect in F-spot to allow import and gave an error (Bad parameters) when plugged into the computer. I changed my Nautilus configuration so instead of automatically opening F-spot, Nautilus would ask me what I wanted to do for Photos (Edit | Preferences | Media tab). This solved what I assume is a race condition where F-spot and the Nautilus tried to get hold of the camera, and it all works properly. (Karmic 9.10, F-spot 0.6.1.3).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 31 20:48:23 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: f-spot 0.6.1.3-2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: f-spot
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a backtrace following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[brianM (brian-openitca)]

Same problem with my HP Photosmart 715 camera. Nautilus seems to lock the file and not allow F-spot import to get access. This is a Karmic issue and worked perfectly in 9.04. I get a different error message (see below) and my work around for now is to copy to disk via nautilus them run F-spot import from that.

Brian