GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 346033
No-more collection/directory view
Last modified: 2006-07-13 14:51:49 UTC
Please describe the problem: After update from UBUNTU 5.10 to 6.04, eog loses ability to display directories. in other words eog only displays single images. Steps to reproduce: 1. select dir, containing jpegs in nautilus 2. right click 3. chose EOG or as in German "Bildbetrachter Actual results: EOG window apears, content section remains grey. Expected results: Album or collection view, slideshow, etc Does this happen every time? reproducable, commandline ($eog /my/jpeg/dir) is the same thing Other information: as UBUNTU launchpad refers to gnomezilla, and the distro (LTS) aims to remain some years, i asume this issue severe.
I cannot reproduce this bug on latest EOG (HEAD). Did you try to open other directories with images inside? The ability to display directories with EOG is still there.
Of course I tried several dirs. They are on the same ext3 partition, some have already thumbs, the newer ones create thumbs only when touching the single icon. Again, the problem apeared after upgrading UBUNTU 5.10 (including current fixes) to UBUNTU dapper DVD. Online updates are ok. sources.conf is: deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 6.06 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060531.2)]/ dapper main restricted deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe multiverse Version in synaptic shows something obscure: 2.14.2-0ubuntu1 (now) 2.14.1-0ubuntu2 (dapper) ==> DVD version Reverting to 2.12.1 does not help. I use german Language extations. The menu offers no longer: "Ordner öffnen","Open dir.." but still shows: "Ansicht, Bildersammlung", "View, Collection F9" Is it possible, that older keys in gnome-registry or ~/.gnome-foo.. caused this behavior?
Ah, you mean "There's no menu entry for opening directories on EOG", right? You're right. It was removed as part of user interface revamp. I have to agree with you that it's not correct to have feature that is only available from command line. On the other hand, I'd like to have a UI more centered on *images* not on filesystem stuff such as directories. Added 'usability' keyword to get some help from GUP guys.
OK, the "missing" menu entry is a "feature", not a bug ;-) but I cannot use the Collection feature (neighter right-clicking nor commandline), which is a worthy and handy feature i don't want to loose! It's much better than alternatives, and was fully integrated in gnome. for the future i would have suggested, givin' it the status of a nautilus dir-view. I am aware, that it seems more a distribution problem, could you suggest, what might have caused this behavior. the eog version on the live-dvd seems to work as expected.
Ok, I found out: My Cam is using ".JPG" in big letters. File, open (Type: all images) shows only imagenames using small-letter .jpg this changed occured with the UBUNTU update!
I still cannot reproduce this bug neither with EOG 2.14.2 nor EOG 2.15.4. I'm sure this is not an uptream problem. Probably, a distribution specific bug. I suggest you to report on Ubuntu Bug Tracker. Closing this bug. Thanks for your report!