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shanrizvi
2010-08-04, 14:12
Hello,

I've been noticing a weird issue with the Photos Application on my N900. For some reason, it doesn't show the thumbnails for some pictures and shows a weird "broken picture" icon instead. However, the picture with the missing thumbnail shows up just fine on the slideshow.

Is anyone else having the same issue? How do I fix this?
msand83
2010-08-04, 14:59
I noticed this yesterday too! Very annoying!
shanrizvi
2010-08-05, 11:22
So no workaround? No solution? Sigh!
shanrizvi
2010-08-13, 13:43
Am I the only person facing this issue? :/
pelago
2010-08-13, 15:08
Hello,

I've been noticing a weird issue with the Photos Application on my N900. For some reason, it doesn't show the thumbnails for some pictures and shows a weird "broken picture" icon instead. However, the picture with the missing thumbnail shows up just fine on the slideshow.

Is anyone else having the same issue? How do I fix this?

I guess there might be something about that image that the thumbnailer doesn't like. Is it a GIF file (Bug 10779 (https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10779)) or a particularly large file (Bug 10067 (https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10067))?
shanrizvi
2010-08-13, 20:53
They're all pictures taken from the phone's camera so I don't know what the issue might be.
pelago
2010-08-13, 22:03
If the problem images aren't particular private, maybe you can upload them somewhere and other people can see if they appear as thumbnails on their device.
Megaltariak
2010-08-13, 22:12
Just run these commands in terminal :)
rm /home/user/.thumbnails/fail/hildon-thumbnail/*
tracker-processes -r

The first command will delete all broken thumbnails
The seconds will order the tracker processes to delete media database and re-index media contents.
festivalnut
2010-08-13, 22:38
Just run these commands in terminal :)
rm /home/user/.thumbnails/fail/hildon-thumbnail/*
tracker-processes -r

am i right in saying this removes stored failed thumbnails then restarts the tracker to attempt indexing the image correctly?

(pleeeeeease people dont just post xterm commands without explanation, it scares noobs!) :)
Megaltariak
2010-08-14, 12:48
Yes it is that, I edited my post ;)
Hotshot
2010-08-14, 13:07
Just run these commands in terminal :)
rm /home/user/.thumbnails/fail/hildon-thumbnail/*
tracker-processes -r

The first command will delete all broken thumbnails
The seconds will order the tracker processes to delete media database and re-index media contents.

Do you run this in root?
pelago
2010-08-14, 15:58
Do you run this in root?

I'm pretty sure you don't run this as root.
Megaltariak
2010-08-14, 16:17
Running this as root is not necessary so don't run this as root.