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f-spot package

f-spot photo manager

Asked by john

When I click in Applications menu, and the Graphic in order to open F-Spot Photo Manager, there is simply s flash on the screen and nothing opens.

Runninf f-spot in Terminal gives:

john@dell:~$ f-spot
[Info 09:45:17.504] Initializing DBus
[Info 09:45:17.656] Initializing Mono.Addins
[Info 09:45:17.947] Starting new FSpot server
The program 'f-spot' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'.
  (Details: serial 337 error_code 1 request_code 143 minor_code 19)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
john@dell:~$

I do not, as one new to Ubuntu, understand what this means. I am using Intrepid Ibex on Dell Inspiron 6400.

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GercoKees (gercokees) said : 		#1

i think it is a bug, and already known:
#286544

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john (jaytee1937) said : 		#2

Thank you for the instructions. Have followed them as far as adding
lines to the Synaptic Package Manager. When I click Reload I get this error:
> W: GPG error: http://ddebs.ubuntu.com intrepid Release: The following
> signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
> available: NO_PUBKEY ECDCAD72428D7C01
> W: GPG error: http://ddebs.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release: The
> following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is
> not available: NO_PUBKEY ECDCAD72428D7C01
> W: GPG error: http://ddebs.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed Release: The
> following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is
> not available: NO_PUBKEY ECDCAD72428D7C01
> W: GPG error: http://ddebs.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release: The
> following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is
> not available: NO_PUBKEY ECDCAD72428D7C01
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
 I will need some help to sort this out, please, on what to do next.

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GercoKees (gercokees) said : 		#3

what instructions did you follow?
I think you are suffering a bug, it is better to join the bug-thread (click the link on the right hand side of this page) and change at least the "This bug doesn't affect me" value....

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john (jaytee1937) said : 		#4

I went as far as adding the lines to the Software Sources application
that we given in the link you gave me. When I click on Reload, I got the
error message and did not proceed any further.

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GercoKees (gercokees) said : 		#5

I am sorry, but i did not gave you a link.... there must be some misunderstanding... what link do you think i gave you?

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john (jaytee1937) said : 		#6

In the very first email I received from you, timed at 10.06 here in the
UK, it had this:

our question #53447 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/53447

    Linked to bug: #286544
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286544
    "The program 'f-spot' received an X Window System error"

I followed that bug link which had some instructions.

The second email at one minute later gives this message:

Your question #53447 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/53447

    Status: Open => Answered

GercoKees proposed the following answer:
i think it is a bug, and already known:
#286544

This confirmed the first email's content. I followed the line of action
suggested there. But since then I have retraced my steps in the Software
source application. We are back in the original configuration before I
sent the question.

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Best GercoKees (gercokees) said : 		#7

Ah, now i see, there are some instructions on how to create a backtrace.
A backtrace is very usefull to debug a program, but can only be understand when you are a developer.

To start again from the beginning:
1) You found an error in F-Spot.
2) You cannot solve it. Neither can I.
3) I am afraid only a developer can fix the problem.
4) The error is found earlier by an other person. This person created an error-report (a bug report)
5) You might whant to join the bug-thread. Follow the above link again, read what has been done already and post your comments. It is fun, you will learn a lot, maybe there might be a workaround to get your program working, and you help to make ubuntu better!!

Feel free to ask more questions about this,
thanx and greetz

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john (jaytee1937) said : 		#8

This looks as if this is as far as we can go for the time being. It is near to problem solved but not quite. However I will close the question.

Thanks for the help.