@rubax: I had to modify the user.reg file in ~/.google/picasa/3.0 and delete a line before it stopped hanging after substituting it into the system installed version.
>From memory, it was the "active_metadata_tab" key under "[[Software\ \Google\\Picasa\\Picasa2\\Preferences]]", but don't quote me on that. I can't find the original page and I'm drawing that from a file that has been modified on my system. On Oct 1, 3:13 am, rubax <[email protected]> wrote: > I can confirm I get the same Google Maps API key error as Paul > describes with the wine install of Picasa 3.5. > Picasa stays fully responsive, but the places side panel is just > blank :-( > > I previously tried to overwrite the linux install of 3.0 with 3.5, > which works great as well except for the places side panel. In this > case it freezes and I have to kill it. > > I can mention that my ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Google/ folder > contains the two folders Common and Picasa3 and nothing else. > > - Ege > > On Sep 30, 8:15 pm, mhenriday <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Paul, after downloading the Windows version of Picasa 3.5 and > > extracting it to my .wine folder, I found that I could start it via «/ > > home/[my user name]/.wine/drive_c/ProgramFiles/Google/Picasa3/ > > Picasa3.exe», in this way preserving 3.1 (inSwedish, which I access > > via «/opt/google/picasa/3.0/bin/picasa») on my 64-bit Ubuntu Jaunty > > setup, while also being able to access 3.5 (in English). What do you > > see when you click «.wine» → «drive_c» → «Program Files» → «Google» in > > your home directory ?... > > > Henri > > > On Sep 30, 3:57 am, Paul Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Is anyone else who did the wine install of the windows version of 3.5 > > > having a problem when clicking on "Places"? > > > > In the version swapped into the packaged installed version of 3.0 it > > > hangs altogether, while running from the system version of wine I get > > > a pop-up saying: > > > > -------------------------------- > > > Wine Internet Explorer > > > -------------------------------- > > > /!\ This web site needs a different Google Maps API key. A new key can > > > be > > > generated athttp://code.google.com/apis/maps/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
