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unity-lens-photos package

unity-lens-photos crashed with gi._glib.GError in function(): Error when getting information for file '/home/username/.shotwell/data/photo.db': No such file or directory

Bug #1041040 reported by Edward Donovan
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
unity-lens-photos (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
David Callé

Bug Description

I installed unity-lens photos for the first time. (I haven't really used shotwell, but didn't know if it might provide useful for images under ~/Pictures.) I opened the dash and switched to the lens. It appeared and stayed empty, with the busy icon spinning. I saw apport pop up, behind the dash, and I was able to close the dash.

My home dir has a .shotwell directory, but it's empty. I don't really know whether it's the lens or python-gi that should handle a file-not-found more gracefully.

Thanks.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity-lens-photos 0.2.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Aug 24 01:22:11 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/unity-lens-photos/unity-lens-photos
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.2mu
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/lib/unity-lens-photos/unity-lens-photos
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/unity-lens-photos/unity-lens-photos']
SourcePackage: unity-lens-photos
Title: unity-lens-photos crashed with gi._glib.GError in function(): Error when getting information for file '/home/username/.shotwell/data/photo.db': No such file or directory
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-06-14 (70 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin nopasswdlogin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Edward Donovan (edward.donovan) wrote :
visibility: private → public
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Changed in unity-lens-photos (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Edward Donovan (edward.donovan)
description: updated
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David Callé (davidc3) wrote :

The lens assumes that Shotwell has already created this file, it's a bug.

Workaround until the fix lands:
Open Shotwell once, it will generate the missing file.

Changed in unity-lens-photos (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → David Callé (davidc3)
status: New → In Progress
David Callé (davidc3)
Changed in unity-lens-photos (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package unity-lens-photos - 0.2.1-0ubuntu2

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unity-lens-photos (0.2.1-0ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/new_shotwell_location.patch:
    - updated for the new shotwell location (lp: #1041040)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:32:26 +0200

Changed in unity-lens-photos (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Bowmore (bowmore) wrote :

This bug is not fixed!

If Shotwell has not been launched once then unity-lens-photo will still crash due to that the database /home/<user>/.local/share/shotwell/data/photo.db won't exist. Thus, a check whether the database exists or not is required as well.

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David Callé (davidc3) wrote :

Apparently, the distro patch was containing only a part of the fix. Setting the status back to fix committed.

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David Callé (davidc3) wrote :

Looks like I can't change the status myself.

Edward Donovan (edward.donovan)
Changed in unity-lens-photos (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
David Callé (davidc3) wrote :

After investigating the issue, there was also a typo in the patch. It's now fixed, waiting to be released.

David Callé (davidc3)
Changed in unity-lens-photos (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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