James, Sure. The paths to the pictures is pointing to the old directory structure in the photos database, so what you must do is either tell F-Spot to point to the new directory, or simulate the old directory structure.
1) Force the path You can add the following parameter to the shortcut you use to start F-Spot: --photodir /home/newuser/photos This will tell F-Spot to use the specified directory for photos 2) Create a symlink You can create a symbolic link to the new directory. I don't know your level of knowledge about linux so I'll just say this: a symbolic link is a sort of shortcut to a folder or file. So what you need to do is create a directory that matches the home of the old user, ex: mkdir /home/olduser In there, you add a symbolic link to the new photos folder: ln -s /home/newuser/photos /home/olduser/photos Let me know if it helps. Math For example, if you On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:55 AM, J Dickin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Math > > Many thanks for your help. Unfortunately the directory I have set up on > the new drive is different (because the user names are different). So I > cannot get the tags and the photos to synchronise. Is there a way round > this? > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards > > James > > > > On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 13:15 -0400, Mathieu Avoine wrote: > > Hi James, > > Don't know if someone answered your question before me but here it is. > > Your tags and all the info on your pictures library (i.e. the catalog) are > stored on a file in your home directory (the exact path I think is > ~/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db). All you have to do to import your catalog to > your new installation is to copy this file to the same exact directory on > the new drive. After that, you need to have the files installed in the exact > same path, in other words, if you checked the "Copy pictures to the photos > directory" when you imported your pictures the first time, you have to copy > the ~/Photos directory to the new account. Otherwise, you need to copy the > files to the new drive to the exact same paths (ex. /somedir/photos on the > old drive -> /somedir/photos on the new drive). > > After doing that, when you'll open F-Spot it should work. > > Hope it helps! > > Math > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:04 PM, J Dickin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. Hope someone can help me. > > I saw the light and changed from Windows to Linux last year, using Suse > 10.1; with F-Spot for my photos. I have recently installed Suse 10.3 on a > separate hard drive and am in the process of transferring all my files from > the 10.1 to the 10.3 drive. With a bit of research (and some trial and > error!) I have successfully transferred my accounts, movies, family tree and > all my email files, BUT I cannot get my photos *with* their tags to > transfer. There are over 2000 photos and to re-tag them all would be hours > of work. I can transfer the photos OR the tags but cannot get both > together. Am I missing something simple? > > Any guidance would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > James Dickin > > > _______________________________________________ > F-spot-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list > > >
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