[Flickrfs-users] Re: problem with flickrfs-1.1.9

[Manish R. J. <man...@gm...>]

On 11/16/05, nagaraja sosale ramaswamy <nag...@gm...> wrote:
>
> hi manish,
> i'm having a few problems using flickrfs-1.1.9:
> firstly, when i run flickrfs.py as normal user, i'm able to see my
> photos, but i can't see any metadata (ls -al shows no .meta files)


The metadata files wont exist in '/tags/public'. Also, you'll have to wait
for some time after mounting the fs, so that, the information is downloaded=
.
The time taken will depend upon your internet connection. So best is to kee=
p
a tail -f ~/.flickrfs/log running. This will tell you what exactly the fs i=
s
doing.

secondly, when i try to list the contents as root user, i get a
> 'permission denied' error. this is not so much of a problem but still
> i'm curious why root user is denied access to flickrfs if mounted by
> normal user


This is the apparently the way FUSE mounts the fs. If you do a 'mount', you
will realize that flickrfs is automatically mounted with 'nosuid',
user=3D'username'. Hence, no root access!

thirdly, not all of my sets are showing up in flickrfs. only the ones
> i created thru flickrfs are shown, but if i manually login to flickr
> and change the name of the set or add new sets, they are not reflected
> in flickrfs.


Currently flickrfs is not updating itself dynamically. After you have
already mounted flickrfs, and the information has been received, Any change=
s
done to your flickrfs account externally (not from flickrfs), won't show up
in flickrfs. Though this will change, and a dynamic update will be added in
later versions.

last of all, even with this version, i get an unhandled exception when
> flickrfs starts up. i'm running on ubuntru breezy amd64
> the error is as below:
> ------------
> Unhandled exception in thread started by <bound method
> Flickrfs.sets_thread of <__main__.Flickrfs instance at
> 0x2aaaaadc6998>>
> ------------


I tried checking your account using this link:
http://flickr.com/photos/28359235@N00 . Is this right?
But, this shows no photos at all? So, in case you have no sets at all, for
the time being ignore the msg, and create some new sets from the fs itself.
See how it goes.


there is no further information in ~/.flickrfs/log, but i am attaching
> just in case.
>
> let me know if you need anything else. sorry to bombard you with so
> many problems, but would be really happy if the first problem is
> addressed. i have a *huge* collection of photos to upload and using
> the browser is becoming a drag.
>
> regards,
> nagu.
>
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