I'm seeing the same error on my machine, 14.04, AMD64. Shotwell copies the photos to the library location, but fails to add them to the database or display them in the program. I've tried deleting the library location, changing it to default location of ~/Pictures, checked the permissions on the folders to be sure that they're 770.
I've also checked the permissions on the library database and have deleted the database a few times to see if that's the issue. I've checked the photo.db file in ~/.local/share/shotwell/data folder, and the PhotoTable table is empty after each import. I've also tried turning off the "Write tags titles and other metadata to photo files" option and the "rename imported files to lowercase" option. This also had no effect. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287594 Title: Import fail with error message about photo library not being writeable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shotwell/+bug/1287594/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs