F-Spot crashes on start-up

[C W Whittle]

Binary package hint: f-spot

Run up F-Spot. The main window appears (menu, 'Tags:' label, splitter but no more visible yet). An error window pops up saying 'F-Spot encountered a fatal error' and includes a portion of the stack trace dumped to the console.

I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 on AMD64 with F-Spot package version 0.6.1.3-2.

Console output :

[Info 19:59:16.380] Initializing DBus
[Info 19:59:16.496] Initializing Mono.Addins
[Info 19:59:16.663] Starting new FSpot server (f-spot 0.6.1.3)

** (f-spot:5292): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name != NULL' failed

** (f-spot:5292): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name != NULL' failed

** (f-spot:5292): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name != NULL' failed

** (f-spot:5292): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name != NULL' failed

** (f-spot:5292): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name != NULL' failed
[Warn 19:59:17.656] Caught an exception - URI scheme must start with a letter and must consist of one of alphabet, digits, '+', '-' or '.' character. (in `System')
  at System.Uri.Parse (UriKind kind, System.String uriString) [0x00000]
  at System.Uri.ParseUri (UriKind kind) [0x00000]
  at System.Uri..ctor (System.Uri baseUri, System.String relativeUri, Boolean dontEscape) [0x00000]
  at System.Uri..ctor (System.Uri baseUri, System.String relativeUri) [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Widgets.FolderTreeModel.UpdateFolderTree () [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Widgets.FolderTreeModel..ctor () [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Widgets.FolderTreeView..ctor () [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Widgets.FolderTreePage..ctor () [0x00000]
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoCMethod:InternalInvoke (object,object[],System.Exception&)
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000]
Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. (in `mscorlib')
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000]
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000]
  at System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo.Invoke (System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000]
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type, Boolean nonPublic) [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.RuntimeAddin.CreateInstance (System.String typeName, Boolean throwIfNotFound) [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.RuntimeAddin.CreateInstance (System.String typeName) [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Widgets.SidebarPageNode.GetSidebarPage () [0x00000]
  at MainWindow.OnSidebarExtensionChanged (System.Object s, Mono.Addins.ExtensionNodeEventArgs args) [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.ExtensionNode.OnChildNodeAdded (Mono.Addins.ExtensionNode node) [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.ExtensionNode.NotifyChildChanged () [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.TreeNode.NotifyChildrenChanged () [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.ExtensionContext.NotifyConditionChanged (Mono.Addins.ConditionType cond) [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.ExtensionContext.OnConditionChanged (System.Object s, System.EventArgs a) [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.ConditionType.NotifyChanged () [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Extensions.ViewModeCondition.<ViewModeCondition>m__5 () [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Extensions.ViewModeCondition.set_Mode (ViewMode value) [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Widgets.Sidebar.HandleContextChanged (System.Object sender, System.EventArgs args) [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Widgets.Sidebar.set_Context (ViewContext value) [0x00000]
  at MainWindow..ctor (.Db db) [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Core.get_MainWindow () [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Core.Organize () [0x00000]
  at FSpot.Driver.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000]

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

[Mary Strimel (mary-strimel)]

hi,
I don't think this bug is a duplicate of 289732. That bug says it happens when trying to import photos from a folder with a colon in the name. Whereas I (and the OP) are experiencing the crash on startup of f-spot.

I have mythbuntu 9.10 AMD64 with f-spot 0.6.1.5. I am using a photos.db copied from my prior ubuntu install ... as you can see from the backtrace, the database appears to have updated correctly, but f-spot won't start. Subsequent attempts to open F-spot go directly to the error below. Help! I have 7 years worth of tagged photos that I will be unable to enjoy until this bug is fixed!

mary@mythbox:~/.config/f-spot$ f-spot
[Info 21:12:24.983] Initializing DBus
[Info 21:12:25.079] Initializing Mono.Addins
[Info 21:12:25.230] Starting new FSpot server (f-spot 0.6.1.5)
[Info 21:12:25.330] Updating F-Spot Database
[Info 21:12:26.299] Database updates completed successfully (in 0.968055s).

** (f-spot:5105): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name !=
NULL' failed

** (f-spot:5105): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name !=
NULL' failed

** (f-spot:5105): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name !=
NULL' failed

** (f-spot:5105): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name !=
NULL' failed

** (f-spot:5105): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name !=
NULL' failed
[Warn 21:12:26.713] Caught an exception - URI scheme must start with
a letter and must consist of one of alphabet, digits, '+', '-' or '.'
character. (in `System')
 at System.Uri.Parse (UriKind kind, System.String uriString) [0x00000]
 at System.Uri.ParseUri (UriKind kind) [0x00000]
 at System.Uri..ctor (System.Uri baseUri, System.String relativeUri,
Boolean dontEscape) [0x00000]
 at System.Uri..ctor (System.Uri baseUri, System.String relativeUri) [0x00000]
 at FSpot.Widgets.FolderTreeModel.UpdateFolderTree () [0x00000]
 at FSpot.Widgets.FolderTreeModel..ctor () [0x00000]
 at FSpot.Widgets.FolderTreeView..ctor () [0x00000]
 at FSpot.Widgets.FolderTreePage..ctor () [0x00000]
 at (wrapper managed-to-native)
System.Reflection.MonoCMethod:InternalInvoke
(object,object[],System.Exception&)
 at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj,
BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder,
System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
[0x00000]
Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. (in `mscorlib')
 at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj,
BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder,
System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
[0x00000]
 at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (BindingFlags invokeAttr,
System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000]
 at System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo.Invoke (System.Object[]
parameters) [0x00000]
 at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type, Boolean
nonPublic) [0x00000]
 at Mono.Addins.RuntimeAddin.CreateInstance (System.String typeName,
Boolean throwIfNotFound) [0x00000]
 at Mono.Addins.RuntimeAddin.CreateInstance (System.String typeName) [0x00000]
 at FSpot.Widgets.SidebarPageNode.GetSidebarPage ()...

[Mary Strimel (mary-strimel)]

I should add that I'm NOT using New Wave or any funky theme. Just a garden variety gnome desktop with Human theme.

[C W Whittle (william-whittle)]

I can confirm that it's a duplicate of 289732. I followed a work-around similar to that described in the upstream report (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=559093) mentioned in bug #289732.

I used the following SQL query to identify the folders on my computer that contained a colon:
  select distinct base_uri from photos where base_uri like "file:///%:%";

I renamed these folders by hand to change ": " to "- "

I then use the following SQL statements to update the F-Spot database:
  update photos set base_uri = replace(base_uri, ": ", "- ") where base_uri like "file:///%: %";
  update photo_versions set base_uri = replace(base_uri, ": ", "- ") where base_uri like "file:///%: %";

It seems that we should avoid importing folders with a : in their name.

I hope that helps.

[Mary Strimel (mary-strimel)]

Thank you, that is helpful. It turns out that several years ago,
gthumb put a : in one of my file paths without my knowing it. So this
must be the same bug.

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 5:52 PM, C W Whittle <email address hidden> wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 289732 ***
>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289732
>
> I can confirm that it's a duplicate of 289732. I followed a work-around
> similar to that described in the upstream report
> (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=559093) mentioned in bug
> #289732.
>
> I used the following SQL query to identify the folders on my computer that contained a colon:
>  select distinct base_uri from photos where base_uri like "file:///%:%";
>
> I renamed these folders by hand to change ": " to "- "
>
> I then use the following SQL statements to update the F-Spot database:
>  update photos set base_uri = replace(base_uri, ": ", "- ") where base_uri like "file:///%: %";
>  update photo_versions set base_uri = replace(base_uri, ": ", "- ") where base_uri like "file:///%: %";
>
> It seems that we should avoid importing folders with a : in their name.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #559093
>   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=559093
>
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