Re: A null value was found where an object instance was required

[Stephane Delcroix <stephane delcroix org>]

the unbuntu package maintainer is working on a new version containing
fixes for those issues.
according to him, the new package will be available on the repositories
'sometime tonight' but I don't know how to convert that in GMT ;)

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On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 17:57 -0500, Thomas Lunde wrote:
> (Sorry for the lack of context.  I just subscribed to the list and so
> don't have the original message to use as the basis of a reply.)
> 
> I, too, am on gusty and get the "A null value was found where an
> object instance was required" message when I try to import into
> f-spot.  However, unlike Antti's experence, it only shows up for me on
> a few photos in my connection.  Everyone of those photos is one where
> I'd used a tool that stripped off the original EXIF information and
> had had to replace it with EXIFtool.  The images were taken with Kodak
> DC210 and DC4800 cameras, but other images from those cameras import
> without the problem.
> 
> If anyone can point me at a recipe for getting a stack trace with the
> default gusty packages, I'll try to produce one.  Stephane guessed
> that upgrading the db to sqlite3 might fix it, but I don't think that
> it will:
> 
> tlunde noir:~$ dpkg -l |grep sqlit
> ii  libmono-sqlite2.0-cil                      1.2.4-6ubuntu3
>              Mono Sqlite library
> ii  libsqlite3-0                               3.4.2-1
>              SQLite 3 shared library
> tlunde noir:~$ dpkg -l |grep spot
> ii  f-spot                                     0.4.0-0ubuntu1
>              personal photo management application
> tlunde noir:~$
> 
> Perhaps this will help.  I started f-spot from a terminal window and I
> get this sort of output for each photo that gives the null value
> message:
> 
> open uri = file:///home/tlunde/Pictures/entrepot-photos/thomas/1982-2005/dc210/1998/12/19-Mnycxmas/DCP00038.JPG
> open uri = file:///home/tlunde/Pictures/entrepot-photos/thomas/1982-2005/dc210/1998/12/19-Mnycxmas/DCP00038.JPG
> open uri = file:///home/tlunde/Pictures/entrepot-photos/thomas/1982-2005/dc210/1998/12/19-Mnycxmas/DCP00038.JPG
> open uri = file:///home/tlunde/Pictures/entrepot-photos/thomas/1982-2005/dc210/1998/12/19-Mnycxmas/DCP00038.JPG
> Error importing
> /home/tlunde/Pictures/entrepot-photos/thomas/1982-2005/dc210/1998/12/19-Mnycxmas/DCP00038.JPG
> System.NullReferenceException: A null value was found where an object
> instance was required.
>   at FSpot.Xmp.XmpTagsImporter.ProcessStore (FSpot.MetadataStore
> store, .Photo photo) [0x00000]
>   at FSpot.Xmp.XmpTagsImporter.Import (.Photo photo, System.String
> path, System.String orig_path) [0x00000]
>   at FileImportBackend.Step (.Photo& photo, Gdk.Pixbuf& thumbnail,
> System.Int32& count) [0x00000]
> Could not import file
> Stopping
> 
> 
> thomas
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