Comments for Aurélien's room http://agateau.wordpress.com Random bits and things of interest Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:55:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Gwenview Importer by Andi Clemens http://agateau.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/gwenview-importer/#comment-1533 Andi Clemens Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:55:11 +0000 http://agateau.wordpress.com/?p=278#comment-1533 I meant "page", not "package".... :-) I meant “page”, not “package”…. :-)

]]> Comment on Gwenview Importer by Andi Clemens http://agateau.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/gwenview-importer/#comment-1532 Andi Clemens Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:54:39 +0000 http://agateau.wordpress.com/?p=278#comment-1532 No, I will do so now. But I think this package is a little bit ironic, at least for the Karmic release: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Why If they expect to have a very stable system and updates will need to be discussed so that the "stable experience" will not be destroyed for the user, why the hell are they adding so many beta-Software? It is ridiculous I think... well anyway I will try to get the update through. No, I will do so now. But I think this package is a little bit ironic, at least for the Karmic release:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Why

If they expect to have a very stable system and updates will need to be discussed so that the “stable experience” will not be destroyed for the user, why the hell are they adding so many beta-Software?

It is ridiculous I think… well anyway I will try to get the update through.

]]> Comment on Gwenview Importer by Aurélien http://agateau.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/gwenview-importer/#comment-1531 Aurélien Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:42:15 +0000 http://agateau.wordpress.com/?p=278#comment-1531 Have you asked the Kubuntu devs to do an SRU (Stable Release Update) for the fix? This should save you some time closing bugs. Have you asked the Kubuntu devs to do an SRU (Stable Release Update) for the fix? This should save you some time closing bugs.

]]> Comment on Gwenview Importer by Andi Clemens http://agateau.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/gwenview-importer/#comment-1530 Andi Clemens Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:16:57 +0000 http://agateau.wordpress.com/?p=278#comment-1530 That's because Ubuntu added a beta version of digiKam, the crash has been fixed since 3 weeks, but Ubuntu isn't updating the package. I close 20 reports daily about this crash, all coming from Ubuntu users. I really hope they will update the package some day, I don't want to do this bug-closing for the next 6 months. They should never added digiKam-beta to a stable branch, it would have been better to provide it in an experimental branch... But digiKam is not the only application added as beta in Ubuntu 9.10... more developers suffer from this stupid decision. That’s because Ubuntu added a beta version of digiKam, the crash has been fixed since 3 weeks, but Ubuntu isn’t updating the package. I close 20 reports daily about this crash, all coming from Ubuntu users.
I really hope they will update the package some day, I don’t want to do this bug-closing for the next 6 months.
They should never added digiKam-beta to a stable branch, it would have been better to provide it in an experimental branch…
But digiKam is not the only application added as beta in Ubuntu 9.10… more developers suffer from this stupid decision.

]]> Comment on Gwenview Importer by irlandes http://agateau.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/gwenview-importer/#comment-1529 irlandes Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:37:40 +0000 http://agateau.wordpress.com/?p=278#comment-1529 Okay, thanks for explanation. Someone commented something like that, but I did not understand exactly what was meant by it. I will try it next photo I want to crop. My eyeball is not good enough to crop with CONVERT, except in desperation. I am in rural Mexico, the Third World part. Here, a perfect gift is a photo, they are not offended and do not consider it to be charity, which would be truly offensive. I communicate by forum with people working in the States who have not been home as long as 18 years, and have had no pictures in that time. I transfer them both ways, and people are totally happy to get them. A grandma did not see her grandchildren, one who had become a parent. Tomorrow I drive an hour to take wedding pictures, and here it is assumed I will do it free, which is scary for a non-professional with a cheap Canon A470. But, that is how rare photos are here. So, I do need some basic, easy editing, and the older Gwenview definitely had most of what I needed, the rest can be done with CONVERT. Thanks. Okay, thanks for explanation. Someone commented something like that, but I did not understand exactly what was meant by it. I will try it next photo I want to crop. My eyeball is not good enough to crop with CONVERT, except in desperation.

I am in rural Mexico, the Third World part. Here, a perfect gift is a photo, they are not offended and do not consider it to be charity, which would be truly offensive.

I communicate by forum with people working in the States who have not been home as long as 18 years, and have had no pictures in that time. I transfer them both ways, and people are totally happy to get them. A grandma did not see her grandchildren, one who had become a parent.

Tomorrow I drive an hour to take wedding pictures, and here it is assumed I will do it free, which is scary for a non-professional with a cheap Canon A470. But, that is how rare photos are here. So, I do need some basic, easy editing, and the older Gwenview definitely had most of what I needed, the rest can be done with CONVERT.

Thanks.

]]> Comment on Gwenview Importer by Aurélien http://agateau.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/gwenview-importer/#comment-1528 Aurélien Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:21:58 +0000 http://agateau.wordpress.com/?p=278#comment-1528 It is a nasty problem, which does not seem to happen on all computers. I need to fix it, but until it is fixed, you can crop nevertheless: the crop handles are still there, but they are invisible. Move the mouse to the corner of the image, until you notice that the cursor change to a diagonal double arrow. You can now drag the corner. It is a nasty problem, which does not seem to happen on all computers. I need to fix it, but until it is fixed, you can crop nevertheless: the crop handles are still there, but they are invisible. Move the mouse to the corner of the image, until you notice that the cursor change to a diagonal double arrow. You can now drag the corner.

]]> Comment on New features of Gwenview in KDE 4.3 I haven’t blogged about by Aurélien http://agateau.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/new-features-of-gwenview-in-kde-4-3-i-havent-blogged-about/#comment-1527 Aurélien Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:21:42 +0000 http://agateau.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-1527 It is a nasty problem, which does not seem to happen on all computers. I need to fix it, but until it is fixed, you can crop nevertheless: the crop handles are still there, but they are invisible. Move the mouse to the corner of the image, until you notice that the cursor change to a diagonal double arrow. You can now drag the corner. It is a nasty problem, which does not seem to happen on all computers. I need to fix it, but until it is fixed, you can crop nevertheless: the crop handles are still there, but they are invisible. Move the mouse to the corner of the image, until you notice that the cursor change to a diagonal double arrow. You can now drag the corner.

]]> Comment on New features of Gwenview in KDE 4.3 I haven’t blogged about by irlandes http://agateau.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/new-features-of-gwenview-in-kde-4-3-i-havent-blogged-about/#comment-1526 irlandes Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:54:19 +0000 http://agateau.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-1526 I think it was on your Importer page, I just posted on the fact that 2.3.2 in Kubuntu 9.10 crop is sick. No 'handles' if that is what you call them. It worked really great in Kubuntu 9.04. I have had to use CONVERT from Imagemagick to crop, which really sucks. Sounds like I am seeing the same problem. Dell Vostro A860 here. I think it was on your Importer page, I just posted on the fact that 2.3.2 in Kubuntu 9.10 crop is sick. No ‘handles’ if that is what you call them. It worked really great in Kubuntu 9.04. I have had to use CONVERT from Imagemagick to crop, which really sucks. Sounds like I am seeing the same problem. Dell Vostro A860 here.

]]> Comment on Gwenview Importer by irlandes http://agateau.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/gwenview-importer/#comment-1525 irlandes Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:45:56 +0000 http://agateau.wordpress.com/?p=278#comment-1525 At first with Kubuntu 9.04, I resisted Gwenview, but then learned I could do a lot of stuff with it. Crop was one neat thing. My computer died, so I went to Kubuntu 9.10 on the new one, Gwenview, Version 2.3.2 Using KDE 4.3.2 (KDE 4.3.2). I have no idea what CROP is supposed to do, but it sure doesn't crop. It apparently forces me to select one of a standard list of ratios for cropping. It does not give any crop box, and if I click on the position boxes, it mostly opens up full screen. I had an urgent need a few days ago to crop, and finally did it by dinking with CONVERT from the command line. I am not skilled enough with my eyes to hit the crop without a lot of experimenting. If Gwenview crop on 9.10 is working like it's supposed to work, they have killed it. I did a REMOVE and an INSTALL and no change. Add on the fact that digikam on Kubuntu 9.10 crashes most of the time and bug report seems to be beyond me, 9.10 is not pleasing me very much. I tried to download and install the tarball for digikam beta6, and it had major compile problems. I may be forced to regress to 9.04. At first with Kubuntu 9.04, I resisted Gwenview, but then learned I could do a lot of stuff with it. Crop was one neat thing.

My computer died, so I went to Kubuntu 9.10 on the new one, Gwenview, Version 2.3.2 Using KDE 4.3.2 (KDE 4.3.2). I have no idea what CROP is supposed to do, but it sure doesn’t crop. It apparently forces me to select one of a standard list of ratios for cropping. It does not give any crop box, and if I click on the position boxes, it mostly opens up full screen.

I had an urgent need a few days ago to crop, and finally did it by dinking with CONVERT from the command line. I am not skilled enough with my eyes to hit the crop without a lot of experimenting.

If Gwenview crop on 9.10 is working like it’s supposed to work, they have killed it.

I did a REMOVE and an INSTALL and no change.

Add on the fact that digikam on Kubuntu 9.10 crashes most of the time and bug report seems to be beyond me, 9.10 is not pleasing me very much. I tried to download and install the tarball for digikam beta6, and it had major compile problems. I may be forced to regress to 9.04.

]]> Comment on New features of Gwenview in KDE 4.3 I haven’t blogged about by Aurélien http://agateau.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/new-features-of-gwenview-in-kde-4-3-i-havent-blogged-about/#comment-1512 Aurélien Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:31:09 +0000 http://agateau.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-1512 I need to investigate this. I had the same problem but it was only on a specific user! Can you try running Gwenview as a different user to see if it changes anything? I need to investigate this. I had the same problem but it was only on a specific user! Can you try running Gwenview as a different user to see if it changes anything?

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