Didn't work  =(
Actually, my pics doesn't even appears as "missing files" .... they just not
appears at all in shotweel, but they exist in file system and database
PhotoTable table.
I already update PhotoTable "filename" field to target to my current
username profile, but still no change.
What should happen if I manually import files from folders?  Should I say
shotwell to copy or link files? ... couse those files reside in the actual
library path whit the default "year/month/day" hierarchy.

What should I do?

2011/5/6 Dago Pacheco <[email protected]>

> Ok... I'll try that.
> Thanks
>
>
> 2011/5/6 Adam Dingle <[email protected]>
>
>> Dago,
>>
>> you don't need to use SQL to solve this problem.  If you move any photo
>> file to a new location, Shotwell will consider it missing.  There are two
>> ways to tell Shotwell where the file is now located:
>>
>> 1. On startup, Shotwell scans the library directory looking for photos.
>>  If any missing photos are found there, it will update their paths and mark
>> them as no longer missing.
>>
>> 2. When you manually import photos, if any of those photos were previously
>> missing Shotwell will update their paths and mark them as no longer missing.
>>
>> So in your situation you should only need to do one or two things:
>>
>> 1. Make sure that Shotwell's library directory (specified in Library
>> Location in the Preferences dialog) points to your new home directory.
>>
>> 2. Drag the folder currently containing your photos from Nautilus into
>> Shotwell.
>>
>> adam
>>
>>
>> On 05/06/2011 05:59 AM, Dago Pacheco wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone.
>>>
>>> I have this problema.  Recently I change my unix username so my profile
>>> start from scratch.
>>> Normally I move all app hidden folders from the old profile so I can get
>>> my
>>> preferences and configuration.  At first sight, this seems to worked for
>>> shotwell, but then I realize that old pics weren't there.  So I decide to
>>> exanimate the sqlite database file... an I found that there is a
>>> "PhtoTable"
>>> table where there is a "filename" field which contain static file path (I
>>> think this is a design mistake... it should be a relative path) and, of
>>> course, old pics contained file path targeting to old profile.
>>> Well... I thougt that running a SQL sentences for updating that field
>>> should
>>> work fine.  I ran:
>>>
>>> UPDATE photoTable set filename = replace(filename, '<old_username>',
>>> '<new_username>');
>>>
>>> I ran this script from SQLite Mannager firefox plugin.  And at first, it
>>> seems to work.  All field were updated correctly.  But when I startup
>>> shotwell, pics aren't there.  An when I checked the database again,
>>> "filename" field has been changed again (to old username).
>>>
>>> Is there an other configuration file?
>>>
>>> Thanks
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