Re: Failed attempt to upgrade in Ubuntu Edgy

["Roger Mudd" <roger mudd gmail com>]

Thanks Bengt. Deleting Photos.db and re-starting F-Spot fixed the
problem. Much appreciated!

On 4/1/07, Bengt Thuree <bengt thuree com> wrote:
> Hi Roger,
>
> Here is the output from my f-spot database.
> bengt lappis:~$ file /home/bengt/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db
> /home/bengt/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db: SQLite database (Version 3)
>
> Do you start f-spot with parameter -basedir ?
>
> If the photos.db is empty, perhaps just remove it totally and restart
> f-spot would do the trick.
>
> /Bengt
>
> p.s.
> I cc the list, for records...
>
> On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 22:56 -0400, Roger Mudd wrote:
> > Thanks for the quick response Bengt. Here's the output from the *file*
> > command you posted above:
> >
> > /home/roger/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db: empty
> >
> > Does that mean the database doesn't exist? Any input as to what I
> > should do next?
> > Thanks,
> > Roger
> >
> > P.S. - For some reason a search of the F-Spot list archives failed to
> > return any results for "database." That's why a posted here. Sorry for
> > rehashing this issue.
> >
> >
> > On 3/31/07, Bengt Thuree <bengt thuree com> wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Perhaps your database is still in Sqlite2 version, while F-Spot demands
> > > Sqlite3?
> > >
> > > Try with
> > >         file ~/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db
> > > If this is Sqlite2 (not 3) then try to convert the database.
> > >
> > > Gabriel (and a number of others) have sent the following instruction to
> > > the list before.
> > >
> > > /Bengt
> > >
> > > cd ~/.gnome2/f-spot/
> > > mv photos.db photos_sqlite2.db
> > > sqlite photos_sqlite2.db .dump | sqlite3 photos.db
> > >
> > > Note the first sqlite call in the last instruction is sqlite (which is
> > > sqlite2 implicitly, so you must have it installed).
> > >
> > > Gabriel
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 20:40 -0400, Roger Mudd wrote:
> > > > Need a little help. Tried updating to the most recent version F-Spot.
> > > > I failed and then tried to get back to square one by reinstalling via
> > > > aptitude on Ubuntu Edgy. Unfortunately, that didn't work. Below is the
> > > > message the system returns when I attempt to start F-Spot from the
> > > > command line. Any ideas on how I can extricate myself from this mess?
> > > > I'm more interested in getting back to the version currently available
> > > > in the Edgy repositories. I'll wait for the Feisty release as a means
> > > > to update F-Spot.
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > > Roger
> > > >
> > > > ===================
> > > >
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > XXXXX
> > > > System.Exception: Unsupported database version
> > > >   at Db.Init (System.String path, Boolean create_if_missing) [0x00000]
> > > >   at FSpot.Core..ctor () [0x00000]
> > > >   at FSpot.Driver.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000]
> > > > XXXXX
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > > Starting new FSpot server
> > > >
> > > > =================================================================
> > > > Got a SIGSEGV while executing native code. This usually indicates
> > > > a fatal error in the mono runtime or one of the native libraries
> > > > used by your application.
> > > > =================================================================
> > > >
> > > > Stacktrace:
> > > >
> > > >   at (wrapper managed-to-native)
> > > > System.Threading.Monitor.Monitor_try_enter (object,int) <0x00004>
> > > >   at (wrapper managed-to-native)
> > > > System.Threading.Monitor.Monitor_try_enter (object,int) <0xffffffff>
> > > >   at System.Threading.Monitor.Enter (object) <0x00013>
> > > >   at (wrapper synchronized) DBus.Service.remove_SignalCalled
> > > > (DBus.Service/SignalCalledHandler) <0xffffffff>
> > > >   at FSpot.Core.Proxy.Finalize () <0x00015>
> > > >   at (wrapper runtime-invoke) System.Object.runtime_invoke_void
> > > > (object,intptr,intptr,intptr) <0xffffffff>
> > > >
> > > > Native stacktrace:
> > > >
> > > >         mono(mono_handle_native_sigsegv+0xde) [0x815644e]
> > > >         mono [0x8122c88]
> > > >         [0xffffe440]
> > > >         mono [0x80c3ab3]
> > > >         [0xb73a3c11]
> > > >         [0xb73a3b9c]
> > > >         [0xb5ee066c]
> > > >         [0xb5ee063e]
> > > >         [0xb5ee05b9]
> > > >         mono [0x80af103]
> > > >         mono [0x81158f1]
> > > >         mono [0x80af237]
> > > >         mono [0x80c6444]
> > > >         mono [0x810984e]
> > > >         mono [0x811fbf5]
> > > >         /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 [0xb7e91504]
> > > >         /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__clone+0x5e) [0xb7dff51e]
> > > > Aborted (core dumped)
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