Unable to import photos in gThumb from my Canon camera when the fr_FR.utf8 locale is used

[Fred]

Binary package hint: gphoto2

My camera is Digital Camera Canon EOS 350D and I have configured Nautilus to open gThumb to import my photos.

If I open my session with the following locale en_US.utf8 :
When connecting the camera :
 - a "Canon Digital Camera" icon briefly appears on the desktop.
 - the "Import Photos" dialog of gThumb pops up and I can import my photos.

If I open my session with the following locale fr_FR.utf8 (that is to say the one I use daily) :
When connecting the camera :
 - a "Canon Digital Camera" icon appears on the desktop and stay here.
 - the "Import Photos" dialog of gThumb pops up with the following error message : "Une erreur est intervenue dans la bibliothèque d'entrée-sortie ('Impossible de verrouiller le périphérique'): L'appareille photo est déjà en service." which can be translated by "An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not lock the device'): Camera is already in use.".
In that case, in order to import the photo with gThumb, I must manually unmount the camera (by right clicking on the "Canon Digital Camera" icon on the desktop) and manually reselect my camera in the import dialog of gThumb.

I tested this in a brand new install a Lucid Lynx with a fresh profile.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gphoto2 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 16 17:14:25 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gphoto2

[Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg)]

Thank you for your bug report. This might possibly be a "revival" of bug #287689 (I assume you use the standard gthumb version from the lucid repositories).
Could you please check the name of the gphoto2 directory in the .gvfs mount in your home directory (with the french locale), e.g. open a terminal and type
  ls ~/.gvfs
This name should start with "gphoto2", if it does not, the unmounting by gthumb fails (and you have to do it manually).

[Fred (frederic-lespez)]

Hi Marcel,

Here is the name of the gphoto2 directory in the .gvfs mount :
$ ls .gvfs/
Montage de gphoto2 sur usb%3A002,010

It doesn't start with gphoto2 !

[Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg)]

I had a closer look and it is really a problem of the name for the gvfs mountpoint. I also realized that this problem has been reported before, and I'm closing this bug as a duplicate. Please have a look at bug 287689 for further information and maybe test the workaround posted there.