Google is your friend - at least when it comes to search and save for not making Picasa 3.5 easily available to Linux users....
Henri On Oct 14, 1:20 pm, Nicholas Merriman <[email protected]> wrote: > OH. MY. GOD. > > why did I just spend hours trying to fix this when a simple google > search would have done the trick? > > I figured there would be a registry key somewhere I could fiddle with, > but I couldn't find one that would apply. It turns out I had to import > the custom Google registry. Oh well, thanks anyways! > > On Oct 3, 1:52 pm, mbe57 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I had the same hang issue when just playing around with the tabs and > > hit "Places" (not really interested in places, though). Suspected one > > of the reg. files would help. TXs, Paul, for short-cutting my deeper > > searching and giving the right hint. It works again. Here are the > > details > > > Removing the reg key "active_metadata_tab" will take the tab view away > > completely, but one can select e.g. "People" again - avoiding > > "Places" ;-) > > > "active_metadata_tab"="thumbui/people_toggle" will shows the People > > tab immediately when restarting Picasa. > > > On 2 Okt., 03:10, Paul Webster <[email protected]> wrote:> @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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
