You were right! It's a sqlite2 database! If I remove the f-spot folder, so that it creates a new one, then f-spot works! But with the old database, it doesn't!
Output: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ file ~/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db /home/w00t/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db: SQLite Database Version [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ head -c 64 ~/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db ** This file contains an SQLite 2.1 database **(u��� -- crashes at startup https://launchpad.net/bugs/64323 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs