Shotwell can't access photos on my phone

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So in your settings you define a library location (if you didn’t, it should default to ~/Pictures).

  • “Copy Photos” will copy the photos from the folder you chose to import from into the library location, putting them into the folder structure (usually Year/Month/Day).
  • “Import in Place” will not copy the image files but put their current paths into the database that backs Shotwell.
  • Dropping images from a folder into Shotwell corresponds to “Copy Photos”
  • You can also just copy the files into your chosen library location, Shotwell should pick them up as well (should work without a restart, but might need one)
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Thanks very much.

Yes I overrode that to make it a sub folder in Pictures called Photo Library, reason being I want other images in Pictures folder that I don’t want in Shotwell. Temp work stuff etc, I only want Shotwell to have our family photos in.

Copy Vs Import - Aaah, gotcha, that makes sense thanks.

I didn’t actually know that was possible, I did mean to drop from say my camera card or phone, into the Photo Library folder in Files app (i.e. my Shotwell library folder, but via Files app rather than via Shotwell GUI)

Bingo, that solves the anove problems, not much of a workaround for me as I like moving files around so I know what’s happening, I prefer that to import functions generally.

Just two questions to harass you about left :smiley: …

  1. Could you comment on which installation method you think is best (Flathub, Fedora Flatpak, Fedora RPM) please?

  2. I have only one gripe/complaint about Shotwell, you can’t use the space bar to preview/open an image. Files can do this, Apple Photos always did this, Files can do it for any file actually even PDFs, so it’s a common action by Linux users (in Gnome at least). Is there any way to make the space bar open files instead of ‘Enter’?

Thanks so much for your help. (Shotwell looks awesome and such a refreshing change from Apple Photos (which they spy on and analyse, going by my background processes, and web searches)

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I would pick either the flathub flatpak or the RPM. The Fedora Flatpak imho combines the worst of the too.

Between the other two, it depends. The unsandboxed rpm has potentially fewer issues accessing cameras and sometimes the document portal seems to interfere a bit with the imports in the flatpak.

On the other hand, the flatpak currently has more supported image formats and is potentially updated directly after upstream release (though Fedora is quite quick there as well)

So. It depends on what you want, really.

In theory, space should select and enter should open. the first is definitely broken, the second worked last time I tried.

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Thanks, but is there a way to make space open an image? Is there a setting somewhere for this or maybe another way to make it happen in Gnome settings?

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Nope, this is hard set in Shotwell and not configurable

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Bummer :frowning:
thanks for help, installing RPM shortly and have my Photos database exported ready to bring in. Looking forward to using Shotwell

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Hi again. Well I ran the import today direct from an external backup drive (my entire photo library from Mac). It was running well for a few hours before I left the desk, about half way through. I have just returned to machine and noticed Shotwell is not running, and I see a notification that it crashed. Bit worried and unsure what to do now. I managed to access the crash report but trying to copy it to paste it here or into a doc to send you is troublesome, impossible in fact as can’t select all off the error log.

Do you have any advice on how to get you the error log? I tried clicking on Report and it popped up a window asking for Bugzilla API key and all sorts of complicated stuff I don’t understand!

Also do you have any advice on what I should do next, re-run the import and it will hopefully skip those already imported? I won’t proceed or do anything for now, grateful for your thoughts when you have a sec.

Thanks

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There are some known but hard to point out race conditions in long-running imports that cause shotwell to abort.

First step would be to look at the ~/.cache/shotwell/shotwell.log for the last few lines in there

Seocnd, doing a
coredumpctl dump shotwell should give a rough first set of information we can go on from further and see if it’s one of the existing issues.

Depending on the issue, you can just re-run Shotwell until you’re done, or need to identify the image, but one of those two will tell

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Thanks very much. Last lines from shotwell.log:

L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [CRT] Directory Canon with 6656 entries considered invalid; not read.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:02 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:04 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:04 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:04 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:04 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:05 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:05 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:06 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:06 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:07 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:07 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:08 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:08 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:10 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:10 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:10 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:10 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:10 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:10 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:10 [WRN] Directory OlympusCs, entry 0x0101: Strip 0 is outside of the data area; ignored.
L 14480 2024-07-04 15:52:10 [WRN] Invalid JPEG preview image.
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coredumpctl dump shotwell output:

 PID: 14480 (shotwell)
           UID: 1000 (user)
           GID: 1000 (user)
        Signal: 6 (ABRT)
     Timestamp: Thu 2024-07-04 15:52:11 BST (24h ago)
  Command Line: /usr/bin/shotwell
    Executable: /usr/bin/shotwell
 Control Group: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/app-gnome-org.gnome.Shotwell-14480.scope
          Unit: user@1000.service
     User Unit: app-gnome-org.gnome.Shotwell-14480.scope
         Slice: user-1000.slice
     Owner UID: 1000 (user)
       Boot ID: 90b57f65e38841209fb18d3a2816167f
    Machine ID: 2a1445dda57740e487082150262626d6
      Hostname: D5420
       Storage: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.shotwell.1000.90b57f65e38841209fb18d3a2816167f.14480.1720104731000000.zst (present)
  Size on Disk: 202.9M
       Package: shotwell/0.32.6-1.fc40
      build-id: 4657b28b8627a9707da7520769cc76af56177f04
       Message: Process 14480 (shotwell) of user 1000 dumped core.
                
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                Stack trace of thread 143997:
                #0  0x00007f4c4ea3c144 __pthread_kill_implementation (libc.so.6 + 0x98144)
                #1  0x00007f4c4e9e465e raise (libc.so.6 + 0x4065e)
                #2  0x00007f4c4e9cc902 abort (libc.so.6 + 0x28902)
                #3  0x00007f4c4e9cd767 __libc_message_impl.cold (libc.so.6 + 0x29767)
                #4  0x00007f4c4ea46175 malloc_printerr (libc.so.6 + 0xa2175)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea4aed6 __malloc_arena_thread_freeres (libc.so.6 + 0xa6ed6)
                #6  0x00007f4c4ea39fb7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x95fb7)
                #7  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14494:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eccd g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbccd)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a61b g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2761b)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf243d g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f43d)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14480:
                #0  0x00007f4c4feea9ac g_type_check_instance_is_fundamentally_a (libgobject-2.0.so.0 + 0x399ac)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fecee27 g_object_ref (libgobject-2.0.so.0 + 0x1de27)
                #2  0x000055a5af7fb3c1 directory_monitor_file_info_map_find_match.lto_priv.0 (shotwell + 0x2783c1)
                #3  0x000055a5af7fbde0 directory_monitor_process_query_queue (shotwell + 0x278de0)
                #4  0x000055a5af7fcce3 _directory_monitor_query_info_queue_element_on_completed_gasync_ready_callback (shotwell + 0x279ce3)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ffbbc6c g_task_return_now (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xabc6c)
                #6  0x00007f4c4ffbbca5 complete_in_idle_cb (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xabca5)
                #7  0x00007f4c4fdc669d g_idle_dispatch (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x6369d)
                #8  0x00007f4c4fdbfe8c g_main_context_dispatch_unlocked.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x5ce8c)
                #9  0x00007f4c4fe21c98 g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbec98)
                #10 0x00007f4c4fdc1383 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x5e383)
                #11 0x00007f4c4fff20fd g_application_run (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xe20fd)
                #12 0x000055a5af80aaac application_start (shotwell + 0x287aac)
                #13 0x000055a5af72691d library_exec (shotwell + 0x1a391d)
                #14 0x000055a5af6099de main (shotwell + 0x869de)
                #15 0x00007f4c4e9ce088 __libc_start_call_main (libc.so.6 + 0x2a088)
                #16 0x00007f4c4e9ce14b __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34 (libc.so.6 + 0x2a14b)
                #17 0x000055a5af609d75 _start (shotwell + 0x86d75)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14483:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eccd g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbccd)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a61b g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2761b)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf1a03 g_thread_pool_spawn_thread (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8ea03)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14500:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eccd g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbccd)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a61b g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2761b)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf243d g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f43d)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14502:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eccd g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbccd)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a61b g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2761b)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fd8a67c g_async_queue_pop (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2767c)
                #4  0x00007f4c4e7350d9 fc_thread_func (libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 + 0xb0d9)
                #5  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #6  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #7  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14501:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eccd g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbccd)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a61b g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2761b)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf243d g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f43d)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 143985:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaae75d __poll (libc.so.6 + 0x10a75d)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe21c34 g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbec34)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fdc1383 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x5e383)
                #3  0x00007f4c4ffba27d g_subprocess_wait (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xaa27d)
                #4  0x00007f4c4ffba316 g_subprocess_wait_check (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xaa316)
                #5  0x000055a5af850a3d video_reader_read_preview_frame (shotwell + 0x2cda3d)
                #6  0x000055a5af851929 video_reader_prepare_for_import (shotwell + 0x2ce929)
                #7  0x000055a5af7a4b9d prepared_file_import_job_real_execute (shotwell + 0x221b9d)
                #8  0x000055a5af6141c8 _workers_thread_start_gfunc (shotwell + 0x911c8)
                #9  0x00007f4c4fdf2542 g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f542)
                #10 0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #11 0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #12 0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 143986:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eeb0 g_cond_wait_until (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbeb0)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a5e3 g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x275e3)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf259a g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f59a)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 144035:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eeb0 g_cond_wait_until (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbeb0)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a5e3 g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x275e3)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf259a g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f59a)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 144041:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eeb0 g_cond_wait_until (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbeb0)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a5e3 g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x275e3)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fd8a736 g_async_queue_timeout_pop (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x27736)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf23df g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f3df)
                #5  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #6  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #7  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14496:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eccd g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbccd)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a61b g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2761b)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf243d g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f43d)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 143761:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eeb0 g_cond_wait_until (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbeb0)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a5e3 g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x275e3)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf259a g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f59a)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14485:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaae75d __poll (libc.so.6 + 0x10a75d)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe21c34 g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbec34)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fdc5f37 g_main_loop_run (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x62f37)
                #3  0x00007f4c50025682 gdbus_shared_thread_func.lto_priv.0 (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x115682)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14487:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaae75d __poll (libc.so.6 + 0x10a75d)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe21c34 g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbec34)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fdc1383 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x5e383)
                #3  0x00007f4c4d283705 dconf_gdbus_worker_thread (libdconfsettings.so + 0x7705)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14504:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eccd g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbccd)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a61b g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2761b)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fd8a67c g_async_queue_pop (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2767c)
                #4  0x00007f4c4e7350d9 fc_thread_func (libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 + 0xb0d9)
                #5  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #6  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #7  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14498:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eccd g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbccd)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a61b g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2761b)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf243d g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f43d)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14575:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaaed2a read (libc.so.6 + 0x10ad2a)
                #1  0x00007f4c5004b5f1 g_local_file_input_stream_read (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x13b5f1)
                #2  0x00007f4c4ff8bd86 g_input_stream_read (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x7bd86)
                #3  0x000055a5af60e3a9 md5_file (shotwell + 0x8b3a9)
                #4  0x000055a5af7a3395 prepare_files_job_real_execute (shotwell + 0x220395)
                #5  0x000055a5af6141c8 _workers_thread_start_gfunc (shotwell + 0x911c8)
                #6  0x00007f4c4fdf2542 g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f542)
                #7  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #8  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #9  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14484:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaae75d __poll (libc.so.6 + 0x10a75d)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe21c34 g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbec34)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fdc1383 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x5e383)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdc13e1 glib_worker_main (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x5e3e1)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 143987:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eeb0 g_cond_wait_until (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbeb0)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a5e3 g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x275e3)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf259a g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f59a)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14495:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eccd g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbccd)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a61b g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2761b)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf243d g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f43d)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14497:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eccd g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbccd)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a61b g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2761b)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf243d g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f43d)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 143732:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eeb0 g_cond_wait_until (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbeb0)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a5e3 g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x275e3)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf259a g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f59a)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 143803:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eeb0 g_cond_wait_until (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbeb0)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a5e3 g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x275e3)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf259a g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f59a)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 143988:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe142b2 g_mutex_lock_slowpath (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xb12b2)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fdbe001 g_source_unref_internal (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x5b001)
                #3  0x00007f4c4ffbb75f g_subprocess_communicate_state_free (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xab75f)
                #4  0x00007f4c4ffbf321 g_task_finalize (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xaf321)
                #5  0x00007f4c4fed1b6a g_object_unref (libgobject-2.0.so.0 + 0x20b6a)
                #6  0x00007f4c4ffc1915 g_subprocess_communicate (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xb1915)
                #7  0x000055a5af8511de video_reader_read_clip_duration (shotwell + 0x2ce1de)
                #8  0x000055a5af851938 video_reader_prepare_for_import (shotwell + 0x2ce938)
                #9  0x000055a5af7a4b9d prepared_file_import_job_real_execute (shotwell + 0x221b9d)
                #10 0x000055a5af6141c8 _workers_thread_start_gfunc (shotwell + 0x911c8)
                #11 0x00007f4c4fdf2542 g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f542)
                #12 0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #13 0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #14 0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                
                Stack trace of thread 14499:
                #0  0x00007f4c4eaba1bd syscall (libc.so.6 + 0x1161bd)
                #1  0x00007f4c4fe1eccd g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xbbccd)
                #2  0x00007f4c4fd8a61b g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2761b)
                #3  0x00007f4c4fdf243d g_thread_pool_thread_proxy.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8f43d)
                #4  0x00007f4c4fdf0813 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x8d813)
                #5  0x00007f4c4ea3a1b7 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x961b7)
                #6  0x00007f4c4eabc3cc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x1183cc)
                ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64
Refusing to dump core to tty (use shell redirection or specify --output).
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Huh. that is new. a memory corruption on import :-/ What are you importing, jpegs? 40k you said? I will try to setup a reproducer. Sorry about that :-/

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Memory corruption? Sounds scary!! (I recently bought this machine and ran a full memtest86 on all RAM, it tested good, in case that’s relevant.

I took an export of Photos App library on Mac, using the ‘export unmodified originals’, and I chose jpegs yes, that’s not to say there aren’t some other types in there from 20 years of imports, and some video files from digi cameras and phones too, but should be 95% jpegs

Should I go ahead and try again to import it all, or hang fire? (waiting is fine, no urgency)

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No you can go ahead, It might just be that shotwell will crash again during the process. It should be able to pick up where it left off. The memory corruption is something that happens inside Shotwell, nothing from your system.

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I ran the import again, looked like it was going ok but I came back to computer a couple of hours ago and it’s still ‘importing’ the exact same image as it was then right now, so I am guessing it has hung. What’s the best way to kill it and run again? I am assuming I should do that?
thanks

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Click on the “Force Quit” button that should show up. I think I have reproduced this here but have no clue why this is happening

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Thanks, I went to bed last night and left it as it was, just come back and it says import complete, so I guess it wasn’t hung (or it recovered). It says 27,775 duplicate photos not imported, which is entirely possible between the number of dupes apple seems to have created in my library (even when choosing the defunct and misleading ‘export unmodified originals’!), and given that I have done a few attempts.

Not sure how to compare to what I had on Photos, bit nervous they are not all there but not much I can do to verify without spending hours and hours checking each one!

Looks good. For fun I am gonna run it again, ‘just in case’ :smiley:

Thanks for all your help here, and I will be curious to hear what you think happened above, not vital though now that i seem to have it done :slight_smile:

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And I have just found an annoying performance bug while trying to debug your crash :smiley:

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hahah. Happy to be of service :smiley:
My import has just finished, reported tens of thousands of duplicates and only ONE photo imported. Looks like I should have my photo library in Shotwell now!

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More troubles. Wonder if this is intended or a bug due to my OS (Fedora Workstation).

I have photos in Shotwell. I want to grab say 5 or 10, to put in a folder somewhere or send to someone like in Signal or email etc.

i can’t see any way to select some photos and right click copy, is it not possible to ‘copy’ from Shotwell library?

I tried the ‘send to’ option (found in right click menu), but it first refused due to long subject, so i tried just one, and it opened a blank email in Thunderbird and weirdly didn’t attach an image but a local file link in the subject line?!

What’s the ‘done thing’ for wanting to send someone (or move/copy somewhere else) some photos from Shotwell please? being a new user I’m assuming/hoping it’s ‘user error’!

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Send To works only with email and thanks to improved security in Thunderbird, it does not work there (Problem with sendto and thunderbird : there is no attachment file since the dropping of nautilus-sendto in version 0.30.15 (#5054) · Issues · GNOME / shotwell · GitLab)

The way this was supposed to work is with the old “Send To” from Nautilus which no longer exists and drag and drop - Drag and Drop only works somewhat reliably in X11 and even there it is super hacky and picky about the target applications.

This will only be fixed for 33, sorry. You would have to manually export the files to a temporary folder and use those through the file manager.

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