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Joel Carlson

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Nov 14, 2014, 11:20:09 AM11/14/14
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Use Digikam to download photos. Then upload to Picasa on the web. Use Gimp or Picasa on the web to manipulate photos.

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 1:45 AM, <google-labs-pi...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
ghp...@gmail.com: Nov 13 12:45PM -0800

I am unable to log in to Web Albums from Picasa 3, running under Linux Mint
13, XFCE 4 desktop. The attached file shows the Picasa version and the
failure report provided by Picasa. Clicking on the Sign Up to Web Albums
link brings up my Mozilla browser with a Google sign in interface that
works -- using the same account and password info that fails when entered
into the Picasa interface. Picasa appears to me to be a Linux version
running native in Mint, not a Windows version running under Wine; it is a
package loaded through the Mint add applications interface. Hardware is a
Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop, whence the reason for Mint 13 XFCE as the
operating system; it fits. Is something missing?
"Patrick B. Shanahan" <ptilo...@gmail.com>: Nov 13 04:15PM -0500

> package loaded through the Mint add applications interface. Hardware is a
> Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop, whence the reason for Mint 13 XFCE as the
> operating system; it fits. Is something missing?
 
There "is not/has not been/will never be" a *native* linux version of
picasa, but only a "wine capable" version provided by google.
 
> Picasa 3 beta
 
> Picasa Version 3.0.0 (Build 57.4402, 0) for Linux.
 
I have ver 3.9.0 (Build 136,2000,0) for linux.

> the following error code:
 
> HttpOpenRequest failed (12157).
> https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientAuth [13]
 
And the same problem which did work but now fails always. Probably from a
security change in the log-in process by google.
 
 
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The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com>: Nov 13 02:39PM -0800

On 11/13/2014 01:15 PM, Patrick B. Shanahan wrote:
 
>> Picasa 3 beta
 
>> Picasa Version 3.0.0 (Build 57.4402, 0) for Linux.
 
> I have ver 3.9.0 (Build 136,2000,0) for linux.
 
When you upgraded, how did you do it? I'm using slackware, which has
quirks of its own that make things difficult (I had to do really weird
stuff with libraries in order to upgrade google earth), and I've been
afraid that attempting to upgrade to 3.9 will wreck my current version
of wine or picasa or something else.
 
>> https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientAuth [13]
 
> And the same problem which did work but now fails always. Probably from a
> security change in the log-in process by google.
 
It used to be easy to upload photos to the website FROM my computer. A
couple of months ago that stopped working -- now I have to go to the
website and suck the pictures from my computer. Perhaps google figures
I'll see more ads that way...
 
Dirty. And I won't go into how they screwed up Android's use of
external sdcards.
 
"Do only a little bit of evil."
 
 
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"Patrick B. Shanahan" <ptilo...@gmail.com>: Nov 13 05:54PM -0500

> On 11/13/2014 01:15 PM, Patrick B. Shanahan wrote:
[...]
> weird stuff with libraries in order to upgrade google earth), and
> I've been afraid that attempting to upgrade to 3.9 will wreck my
> current version of wine or picasa or something else.
 
Not sure it is worth the bother but:

having winetricks installed, from directory containing
picasa39-setup.exe:
 
having winetricks installed, from directory containing picasa39-setup.exe:
 
env WINEPREFIX="/home/<user>/.winepicasa" wine picasa39-setup.136.20.exe
 
note: also tried from a different directory with
 
/<path-to>/picasa39-setup.exe **which** did **not** work!
 
but "Sign in with Google Account" does not work for me.
 
Picasa installed with a late version of crossover office does not complete
the "Sign in with Google Account", either.
 
 
I doubt seriously that I will bother to do another picasa install. I
cannot remember the last time I used it for *anything*. I use darktable
for most everything now. It is excellent, built on/for linux, and
provides great results. It also catalogues. Interface is different but
every graphic editor I have ever used had a learning curve, even picasa
but picasa is dumbed down so much that it becomes merely a half-assed
answer. And after learning the path to greatness via any other graphic
editor, picasa is no easier.

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The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com>: Nov 13 03:16PM -0800

On 11/13/2014 02:54 PM, Patrick B. Shanahan wrote:
 
> but "Sign in with Google Account" does not work for me.
 
> Picasa installed with a late version of crossover office does not complete
> the "Sign in with Google Account", either.
 
They clearly don't want us to do it the easy way. I'll think about it...
 
> I doubt seriously that I will bother to do another picasa install. I
 
Apparently there are on-site editing tools at google photos. Haven't
investigated, though.
 
> but picasa is dumbed down so much that it becomes merely a half-assed
> answer. And after learning the path to greatness via any other graphic
> editor, picasa is no easier.
 
I've used gimp and some of the photoshop stuff, but I just don't want to
do that much manipulation. There are only a few things I'd like picasa
to do:
 
1. Enable you to enlarge photos. I shrink them to 1600 pixels so
they're free to store on the website, but cropped pix stay the original
<1600 cropped size. Annoying.
 
2. "Straighten" is nice, but doesn't go far enough; I hate taking
wide-angle pictures of things and not having vertical lines vertical.
If I care enough I can fix that with gimp, but mostly I don't care that
much.
 
I'll give darktable a shot, but "easy" counts for a lot :-( I remember
that I liked Irfanview when I was using windows...
 
 
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The Real Bev

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Nov 14, 2014, 4:41:07 PM11/14/14
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On 11/14/2014 08:20 AM, Joel Carlson wrote:
> Use Digikam to download photos. Then upload to Picasa on the web. Use
> Gimp or Picasa on the web to manipulate photos.
>
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 1:45 AM,
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> * Failure to log into Web Albums by Picasa 3 under Linux Mint 13
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> Failure to log into Web Albums by Picasa 3 under Linux Mint 13
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> ghp...@gmail.com <mailto:ghp...@gmail.com>: Nov 13 12:45PM -0800
>
> I am unable to log in to Web Albums from Picasa 3, running under
> Linux Mint
> 13, XFCE 4 desktop. The attached file shows the Picasa version and the
> failure report provided by Picasa. Clicking on the Sign Up to Web
> Albums
> link brings up my Mozilla browser with a Google sign in interface that
> works -- using the same account and password info that fails when
> entered
> into the Picasa interface. Picasa appears to me to be a Linux version
> running native in Mint, not a Windows version running under Wine; it
> is a
> package loaded through the Mint add applications interface. Hardware
> is a
> Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop, whence the reason for Mint 13 XFCE as the
> operating system; it fits. Is something missing?
> "Patrick B. Shanahan" <ptilo...@gmail.com
> <mailto:ptilo...@gmail.com>>: Nov 13 04:15PM -0500
>
> > package loaded through the Mint add applications interface.
> Hardware is a
> > Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop, whence the reason for Mint 13 XFCE as the
> > operating system; it fits. Is something missing?
>
> There "is not/has not been/will never be" a *native* linux version of
> picasa, but only a "wine capable" version provided by google.
>
> > Picasa 3 beta
>
> > Picasa Version 3.0.0 (Build 57.4402, 0) for Linux.
>
> I have ver 3.9.0 (Build 136,2000,0) for linux.
>
> > the following error code:
>
> > HttpOpenRequest failed (12157).
> > https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientAuth [13]
>
> And the same problem which did work but now fails always. Probably
> from a
> security change in the log-in process by google.
>
>
> --
> (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri
> http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri
> http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2
> Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net
> The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com <mailto:bashl...@gmail.com>>:
> <mailto:ptilo...@gmail.com>>: Nov 13 05:54PM -0500
> The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com <mailto:bashl...@gmail.com>>:
I was missing some of the libs (always problematical -- generally
resulting in nested requirements, and after 3 iterations I want to kill
something) and the information didn't make it look any more attractive
than gimp. Oh well.


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Patrick B. Shanahan

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* The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> [11-14-14 16:43]:
[...]
> > I'll give darktable a shot, but "easy" counts for a lot :-( I
> > remember that I liked Irfanview when I was using windows...

irfanview runs in wine w/o a problem that I see.....

The Real Bev

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On 11/14/2014 02:16 PM, Patrick B. Shanahan wrote:
> * The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> [11-14-14 16:43]:
> [...]
>> > I'll give darktable a shot, but "easy" counts for a lot :-( I
>> > remember that I liked Irfanview when I was using windows...
>
> irfanview runs in wine w/o a problem that I see.....

I'll try it, thanks! I just don't think about running stuff with wine.


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