From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59D621387FB for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2013 15:57:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B930AE04EB; Sat, 2 Feb 2013 15:57:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm15.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm15.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com [98.139.44.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 29FDEE0477 for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2013 15:57:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.44.100] by nm15.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Feb 2013 15:57:27 -0000 Received: from [67.195.22.118] by tm5.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Feb 2013 15:57:27 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp113.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Feb 2013 15:57:27 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 385470.54523.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: L6yu.c4VM1mJmZsUiJtPWhFhnY9ud14XxmlC1VIKTcHdR7i egv4oEVnOEiUqAnalxxn89iVTwuw97w9C3hQkeIfc.xfeXRBR8Rc3xysZi2S 458wfqWoAOYUEOEp5ZgXJ8iMpnCyKMme02R9vckCagLlZvHf2tTdk_ER2lQc G1_sk6xTztRo3R9YFypZKkiDkG1tojt_1XLDcGArgpXMnAo8NlZkQeUEW6Xv xtjikbLZE5fuuZvwict4bV5tzznZcOF5e9EHpomR.mPoag2At8n3BGycesmZ 4EjHACXoVgv_3slitslYeQYsfby83rpqJ_4XBAD_BFHAR_n6muCMuxA9cl.U ahYHfrNzMYNTjf0eBPjwBBjMJy0jJc99N6VM4DzuhnQpCjyIFWrHCxtWd9HP Jq3LcQh7NwmncyIOp5HKYF4hnifQvwdtO2KRWosV6qoStgj.ZYB.s4emM97J KqnBCR5uO X-Yahoo-SMTP: oM3WcDSswBC7zv73TQKEsi7eAZ0- Received: from [192.168.1.2] (w41ter@69.234.187.210 with plain) by smtp113.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 02 Feb 2013 07:57:27 -0800 PST Message-ID: <510D3767.9070108@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:57:27 -0800 From: walt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:19.0) Gecko/20130117 Thunderbird/19.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gtkam getting on my nerves, again. References: <510CC555.7060105@gmail.com> <510D10AC.9090809@gmail.com> <510D2677.8030101@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <510D2677.8030101@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: ff502716-e245-44cd-8603-0b767eae8692 X-Archives-Hash: c4a52abe9d726ccfa33386b6d4b674a2 On 02/02/2013 06:45 AM, Dale wrote: > walt wrote: >> On 02/01/2013 11:50 PM, Dale wrote: >>> Howdy, >>> >>> I use Gtkam to get pics from my Canon camera. I already put up with the >>> fact that it crashes a LOT. >> I always start by running the problem program from a bash prompt so I can >> look for error messages. > > I get this: > > (gtkam:10897): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in > module_path: "clearlooks", clearlooks is the name of a gnome theme, and so you wouldn't have it on your kde machine. You can ignore that and other gtk "warnings". > (gtkam:10897): Gtk-CRITICAL **: > gtk_file_chooser_default_set_current_name: assertion `impl->action == > GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE || impl->action == > GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_CREATE_FOLDER' failed Now that one looks suspicious. The only idea that comes to mind is that gtkam for some reason is trying to save to some place you don't have write privileges, like / or /run, maybe. That's where I would trot out strace, which will allow you to see exactly where gtkam is trying to write when it fails. The other trick I use is to create a new user with a new home directory and try running gtkam from that account. Often I find that the new user doesn't see the same bug as my normal user, so at least I know the problem is somewhere in my home directory, and strace will narrow the scope of my debugging even more. The "-y" and "-e file" flags for strace are very handy for this kind of debugging problem.