F-Spot will not stay on more than two seconds, did work fine

Ubuntu 14.04

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a ; apt-cache policy fspot f-spot

Thanks

I suspect that you are experiencing the following bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903022

According to that bugreport, you need to uninstall the colord Ubuntu package to get rid of the bug.....

Hope this helps.

michael@OptiPlex-GX280:~$ lsb_release -a ; apt-cache policy fspot f-spot
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
f-spot:
  Installed: 0.8.2-5.1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.8.2-5.1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.8.2-5.1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
N: Unable to locate package fspot

Actionparsnip your telling people about backups is very good. This could be one of those times. All my pictures are in F-Spot AND two other places. "N: Unable to locate package fspot" Does this mean fspot is still there but disconnected from icon, or completely gone?

Mark will try your answer within the next hour. Let you know.

Thanks both

Mark
I tried the site you gave, about removing colord Ubuntu Package, it did not change anything. I did find a new command, will give results, may have more information.

michael@OptiPlex-GX280:~$ f-spot &
[1] 4311
michael@OptiPlex-GX280:~$ [Info 12:13:41.801] Initializing Mono.Addins

(f-spot:4311): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property __gtksharp_8_FSpot_Widgets_CellRendererTextProgress::value after class was initialised

(f-spot:4311): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property __gtksharp_8_FSpot_Widgets_CellRendererTextProgress::text after class was initialised
Exception in Gtk# callback delegate
  Note: Applications can use GLib.ExceptionManager.UnhandledException to handle the exception.
System.Exception: Something is horribly wrong, this should never happen: no default version!
  at FSpot.Photo.get_DefaultVersion () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at FSpot.Widgets.CollectionGridView.DrawPhoto (Int32 cell_num, Rectangle cell_area, Rectangle expose_area, Boolean selected, Boolean focussed) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at FSpot.Widgets.SelectionCollectionGridView.DrawPhoto (Int32 cell_num, Rectangle cell_area, Rectangle expose_area, Boolean selected, Boolean focussed) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at FSpot.Widgets.CollectionGridView.DrawCell (Int32 cell_num, Rectangle cell_area, Rectangle expose_area) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at FSpot.Widgets.CellGridView.DrawAllCells (Rectangle area) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at FSpot.Widgets.CellGridView.OnExposeEvent (Gdk.EventExpose args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at FSpot.Widgets.SelectionCollectionGridView.OnExposeEvent (Gdk.EventExpose args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Gtk.Widget.exposeevent_cb (IntPtr widget, IntPtr evnt) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
   at GLib.ExceptionManager.RaiseUnhandledException(System.Exception e, Boolean is_terminal)
   at Gtk.Widget.exposeevent_cb(IntPtr widget, IntPtr evnt)
   at Gtk.Application.gtk_main()
   at Gtk.Application.Run()
   at FSpot.Driver.Startup()
   at Hyena.Gui.CleanRoomStartup.Startup(Hyena.Gui.StartupInvocationHandler startup)
   at FSpot.Driver.Main(System.String[] args)

I just wasn't sure about the package name, so used both. One was going to fail.

I am closing this question. I removed F-Spot, and reinstalled it. Behaves same way. Have another problem with g15daemon, may have something to do with way F-Spot. Thanks for your ideas.