Can't seem to make Shotwell scan folders

[arrcee]

I am running ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS, Gnome 64. AMD. I’ve recently moved from a Windows system, though I have worked on *nix systems a reasonable amount, mostly years ago.

I tried using digiKam for pictures; the third time it locked up and had to be killed from a terminal, I uninstalled it.

So I’m now using Shotwell (which I didn’t realize was there before). I’m trying to import new pictures from my Nikon; I finally used Files to move the pictures from the memory card on the camera to a folder on the PC, intending to move them from there to other folders within Pictures.

I went into preferences and selected “scan for new” on the Pictures folder. But when I added the folder containing all the pictures I’d copied in from the current camera memory card, Shotwell refused to show that folder. Other folders and pictures seemed all right, but it didn’t see that one. I restarted Shotwell, no help; I restarted the computer, still no help. I verified that the folder was there in Files, I verified that “watch for new” was selected.

I finally cut-and-pasted the folder elsewhere, renamed it so it would appear first in the list of folders alphabetically (to keep from having to scroll to see it each time), and then cut-and-pasted it back into Pictures. Now Shotwell has the newly renamed folder, but it only shows 5 of the 377 pictures in the folder. I see no indication that it is scanning to show the others; there is no counter I see increasing as it scans, no other pictures showing up.

I suppose if it is scanning all of Pictures, it could take a while to get to this folder, but I don’t know why it would do that.

I remember that one of my last operations before bed last night was to select these five pictures and choose the option in Shotwell to “move them to trash”.

Any suggestions on how to get this folder to behave in Shotwell?

[jensgeorg]

Just for my confirmation, the folder is below “Pictures” and your settings currently look like this:

Can you start shotwell from the commandline with SHOTWELL_LOG=1 shotwell, let it sit for a while, close it and retrieve ~/.cache/shotwell/shotwell.log afterwards and post it hiere?

[arrcee]

Hope I did this the way you wanted. I tried putting SHOTWELL_LOG=1 on the command line, that doesn’t seem to work. I finally entered the commands shown in the image, which gave me a 17k log file that I hope you wanted posted…

Also, here is the prefs dialog:

And finally the log file. Discourse would not let me post the entire thing, I cut off from the end. If you need something else from the log file, let me know. I’ll see if I can make a 2nd reply with the rest of it.

L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [MSG] main.vala:559: Shotwell Photo Manager 0.32.6 (0.32.6)
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] main.vala:566: Shotwell is running in timezone EDT
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] Plugins.vala:311: Searching /home/ralph/.local/share/shotwell/plugins for plugins…
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] Plugins.vala:139: Unable to search directory /home/ralph/.local/share/shotwell/plugins for plugins: Error opening directory ‘/home/ralph/.local/share/shotwell/plugins’: No such file or directory
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] Plugins.vala:311: Searching /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/shotwell/plugins for plugins…
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] Plugins.vala:311: Searching /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/shotwell/plugins/builtin for plugins…
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] shotwell-publishing.vala:21: Found 5 authenicators
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] Plugins.vala:419: Loaded SPIT module “Core Publishing Services 0.32.6” (org.gnome.shotwell.publishing.core_services) [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/shotwell/plugins/builtin/libshotwell-publishing.so]
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] Plugins.vala:419: Loaded SPIT module “Core Slideshow Transitions 0.32.6” (org.gnome.shotwell.transitions) [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/shotwell/plugins/builtin/libshotwell-transitions.so]
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] Profiles.vala:93: Could not read profiles: No such file or directory
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [MSG] main.vala:43: Verifying database…
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] Db.vala:40: Database schema version 24 created by app version 0.32.6
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] main.vala:116: Warning - could not load application icon for loading window: The resource at “/org/gnome/Shotwell/icons/hicolor/scalable/org.gnome.Shotwell.svg” does not exist
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [INF] LibraryFiles.vala:22: Using fallback copy: false
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] util.vala:171: next step: LibraryPhoto.init (0/13729)
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] util.vala:171: next step: Video.init (13323/13729)
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] Video.vala:82: Removing registry feature vaapijpegdec
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] util.vala:171: next step: Upgrades.execute (13341/13729)
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] Upgrades.vala:85: Could not delete mimics: /home/ralph/.local/share/shotwell/mimics is not a directory
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] util.vala:171: next step: Event.init (13341/13729)
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] util.vala:171: next step: Tag.init (13710/13729)
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] util.vala:171: next step: FaceLocation.init (13725/13729)
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] util.vala:171: next step: Face.init (13725/13729)
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:36 [DBG] util.vala:171: next step: LibraryWindow (13725/13729)
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] ConfigurationInterfaces.vala:376: ConfigurationFacade: engine reports property ‘DISPLAY_PHOTO_TITLES’ changed.
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] ConfigurationInterfaces.vala:376: ConfigurationFacade: engine reports property ‘EVENTS_SORT_ASCENDING’ changed.
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] LibraryWindow.vala:238: on_library_monitor_installed: /home/ralph/Pictures
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] util.vala:171: next step: done (13725/13729)
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] ConfigurationInterfaces.vala:376: ConfigurationFacade: engine reports property ‘DISPLAY_SIDEBAR’ changed.
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] ConfigurationInterfaces.vala:376: ConfigurationFacade: engine reports property ‘SHOW_WELCOME_DIALOG’ changed.
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [MSG] main.vala:257: Supported codecs…
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [MSG] main.vala:258: WEBP : yes, builtin
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [MSG] main.vala:259: RAW : yes, builtin
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [MSG] main.vala:260: CR3 : yes
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [MSG] main.vala:261: JPEG : yes, gdk-pixbuf
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [MSG] main.vala:262: PNG : yes, gdk-pixbuf
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [MSG] main.vala:263: GIF : yes, gdk-pixbuf
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [MSG] main.vala:264: TIFF : yes, gdk-pixbuf
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [MSG] main.vala:265: JPEG XL: no, gdk-pixbuf, yes meta-data
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [MSG] main.vala:266: AVIF : yes, gdk-pixbuf, yes meta-data
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [MSG] main.vala:267: HEIF : yes, gdk-pixbuf, yes meta-data
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] main.vala:269: 0.944879 seconds to Gtk.main()
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Vivtar 283/.picasaoriginals
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Christmas 2016/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Christmas 2016/.picasaoriginals
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Picasa.ini, unsupported mime type application/octet-stream
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Shadow’s wart/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Starred2012Sep/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/bedroom hole/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/10 Saint James drainage/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/2017 Norman & Denise visit/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/NEFtest/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Beach 2012/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Picasa.ini, unsupported mime type application/octet-stream
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Beach 2012/Chicago Art Institute/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Beach 2012/Beach 2012/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Beach 2013/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/11FromDick/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Philharmonia 2013 April/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Beach 2012/Chicago and Bear/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Dad’s violin, before sending to Fullers/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/2021 Beach Dolphin Cruise/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Picasa.ini, unsupported mime type application/octet-stream
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Snowfall Jan 2018/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Picasa.ini, unsupported mime type application/octet-stream
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/10 Saint James before tree work/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Thumbs.db, unsupported mime type application/vnd.microsoft.windows.thumbnail-cache
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Ayoumi/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Picasa/Exports/Preston’s 90th Birthday jpg/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Picasa.ini, unsupported mime type application/octet-stream
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Easter 2014/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Thumbs.db, unsupported mime type application/vnd.microsoft.windows.thumbnail-cache
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Picasa.ini, unsupported mime type application/octet-stream
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Picasa/Exports/Desktop/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Picasa/Exports/Desktop/earlier/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Picasa.ini, unsupported mime type application/octet-stream
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Thumbs.db, unsupported mime type application/vnd.microsoft.windows.thumbnail-cache
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Picasa/Screen Captures/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:37 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Picasa.ini, unsupported mime type application/octet-stream

[arrcee]

Here’s the bottom of the log file. I started this second portion at the end and included as much as discourse seemed to allow. If you need the whole thing, I’ll start over and cut the file into more pieces.

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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Philharmonia 2017/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/PassportPhotos/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/PassportPhotos/.picasaoriginals
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/PalmPilotCollection/.picasaoriginals
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/PalmPilotCollection/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Baba Yaga prints/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Chicago/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Rollingdale land/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Tesla Meetup 2021-06-05/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/July 4 2014/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/dog show Mar 2014/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Arlington 17-Jan-2013/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Jennifer wedding/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/cat show Mar 2014/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/JCats at Saint James Cmas 14/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Hillwood/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/CrispinAndClementine/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Regency Park Heron/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Olga’s Jewelry/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/New York August 2014b/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Olga’s Jewelry/Olga’s Jewelry/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Justin Prom 2013/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Thumbs.db, unsupported mime type application/vnd.microsoft.windows.thumbnail-cache
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Justin Prom 2013/.picasaoriginals
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/JCats at Saint James CMas 2014/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Echowyn pups w Alice 5-Mar-2019/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Dan’s WI pictures/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/KCalendar/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/KCalendar/.picasaoriginals
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Thumbs.db, unsupported mime type application/vnd.microsoft.windows.thumbnail-cache
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/ugly/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Dad’s Violin/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Picasa.ini, unsupported mime type application/octet-stream
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Picasa.ini, unsupported mime type application/octet-stream
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/2016 Christmas/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Philharmonia Pillow Pops 2019/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Lake Street Dive 2015 05 23/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Picasa.ini, unsupported mime type application/octet-stream
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Dad stuff to sell/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/2015 Washington Natural History Museum/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Thumbs.db, unsupported mime type application/vnd.microsoft.windows.thumbnail-cache
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/2015 Washington Natural History Museum/.picasaoriginals
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Thumbs.db, unsupported mime type application/vnd.microsoft.windows.thumbnail-cache
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Thumbs.db, unsupported mime type application/vnd.microsoft.windows.thumbnail-cache
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Camry Repair estimate/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/2014 Easter Sunday/.picasaoriginals
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/2014 Easter Sunday/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/FrontDoorDamage/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/remoteControls/.picasaoriginals
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/remoteControls/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Dad’s COL Saturday/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/745FromDick/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Passion’s Fruit/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Sierra Hull Garner/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [DBG] VideoReader.vala:72: Skipping Picasa.ini, unsupported mime type application/octet-stream
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Philharmonia 2012 Nov/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/VibraBody/.picasa.ini
L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Stone Mountain Mar 2014/.picasa.ini
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L 9113 2026-03-13 07:17:38 [WRN] DirectoryMonitor.vala:922: Skipping hidden file/directory /home/ralph/Pictures/Bansai NC Arboretum/.picasa.ini
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[jensgeorg]

Ok, that doesn’t help, need to think about that, sorry. You checked the obvious things, like permissions etc?

[arrcee]

Permissions ok, but I found something else. The files showing up have embedded JPGs, so I’m almost certainly looking at those instead of the NEF files.

So now the problem is why the NEF files don’t show up in Shotwell thumbnails. I just looked again; Shotwell has been running for at least a half hour, and there are no other thumbnails showing up in the window:

(the pictures are dark, that’s expected)

Anyway, now it seems to be an NEF issue, not a folder issue.

[jensgeorg]

NEF files are considered raw files, so shotwell uses the embedded JPEG as a representation of the file. Unless the developer is set to Shotwell, then it tries to render its own (poor) representation. However, it should still show the NEF files without an embedded file, just without a thumbnail

[arrcee]

I don’t know what “unless the developer is set to Shotwell” means; is there a way I can do that?

[jensgeorg]

In your screenshot, the option at the bottom

[arrcee]

It seems to me that Shotwell was displaying something from these files last night, but I’m not sure. I don’t know what else would have generated these embedded JPGs.

[arrcee]

I’m sorry to be stupid, but I don’t see any “option at the bottom” either in the screenshot or the full window on my system. Can you be specific what gets clicked on to choose an option?

[jensgeorg]

RAW developer → “Camera” which used the thumbnails embedded into the file, or “Shotwell” which uses LibRaw to render out the RAW file itself

[arrcee]

ok, I can reply again now – the discourse software said that, because I was new, I had used up my posting limit for the day. I tried to suggest that they give people warning of this, and they brushed me off. Oh, well. It must have seemed to you like I dropped it, but I didn’t mean or want to.

I have two menu options named “Developer” – I get one under the “Photos” menu option, and the same one if I right-click one of the thumbnails that does show up. In both cases, the two options – “Shotwell” and “camera” – are both disabled. “Camera” is selected, but I don’t know how to change it.