Web albums temporarily unavailable

[henrodon]

This issue came up three years ago, but the fix at that time seemed to
be involved with a proxy issue. I'm not using a proxy and I had synced
a couple of dozen folders to web albums over the past 10 days. Then,
two days ago, and yesterday, and today, I've gotten the dreaded Web
albums temporarily unavailable message. Is there something else I
should try? (I'm using the most up-to-date version of Ubuntu.)

[Stephen]

Did it happen before you updated to the "most-up-to-date version of Ubuntu"?

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[henrodon]

That's an excellent point! I seem to recall a kernal upgrade this past
week. Maybe I just need to wait a week or two for Picasa to upgrade
itself.

[pindfw]

The same thing happened to me over the past few days. I can't upload
to web albums from Picasa. I'm running PCLinuxOS (latest LXDE version)
on two different machines. It works without issue on WinXP. The only
workaround I've found is uploading manually from web albums - slow &
tedious :(

[Stephen]

Are you folks using the 3.0 version? If so try installing the 3.8 windows version using WINE. Most of us on the list are using that version on Linux.

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[henrodon]

On Sep 24, 11:57 am, Stephen <stephen.d.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you folks using the 3.0 version? If so try installing the 3.8 windows
> version using WINE. Most of us on the list are using that version on Linux.
>

I'm afraid that's a little beyond my current level of expertise. I"ll
wait and see if the next Picasa update fixes the problem before I try
using WINE, which I've heard of but haven't yet used.

Thanks for the help and advice.

[pindfw]

I just gave it a try - about 90% of the way thru installation, I got
the "Picasa has encountered a problem and needs to shut down" error.
I'll check for missing dependencies, etc & try again later. Thanks
for the tip.

[Stephen]

Look through past posts here, for tips.

[Dan]

I will try the 3.8 version. I am using 3.0.0
Thanks

[Stephen]

Not saying that will fix the issue; but at least you'll be on the latest/greatest. Some nice improvements.

[The Real Bev]

On 09/24/2011 10:37 AM, Stephen wrote:

> Not saying that will fix the issue; but at least you'll be on the
> latest/greatest. Some nice improvements.

I'm using 3.0 and have made no updates to my computer since my last
successful upload. WTF is happening? Does google know or care? I see
guesses in this thread, not success stories.

> On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Dan <dangr...@gmail.com
> <mailto:dangr...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I will try the 3.8 version. I am using 3.0.0
> Thanks
>
> On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 22:57 -0400, Stephen wrote:
> > Are you folks using the 3.0 version? If so try installing the 3.8
> > windows version using WINE. Most of us on the list are using that
> > version on Linux.

If I download and install the latest wine to run 3.8 with, how will that
impact google earth? I seem to remember having problems with GE last
time I did a fresh install, and I really don't need any more trouble
right now.

If I can't upload to picasa albums unless I install 3.8, that's the only
reason I've seen for bothering to do the upgrade. Is that a sure-fire fix?

> > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 7:35 PM, henrodon <henr...@gmail.com
> <mailto:henr...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > That's an excellent point! I seem to recall a kernal upgrade
> > this past
> > week. Maybe I just need to wait a week or two for Picasa to
> > upgrade
> > itself.

Yeah, it's free, we shouldn't complain, but you'd think that common
courtesy would suggest that google post some sort of down-time notice.

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[teu...@gmail.com]

As others seem to indicate as well, this is a version issue with
Picasa. The web version for linux
is the one broken. If you manually update to the windows 3.8 version,
and use the wine that comes
with Ubuntu (10.10 in my case), it works again, but I have other
issues with that version of Picasa,
not quite understanding how to transfer all the 17GB in databases (as
in: which files apart from the
obvious ones).
On top of that, Picasa 3.8 also has some nasty error messages but
eventually comes up with a window.

I do hope that google can make the older version work again.

peter

[Patrick Shanahan]

* henrodon <henr...@gmail.com> [09-24-11 00:16]:

good luck with that. I firmly believe that 3.8 is the last update that
will *ever* be seen. Picnik is the future, ie:
All this for free! Want more? Upgrade to
Picnik Premium for only $24.95 a year!"

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[The Real Bev]

On 09/24/2011 06:57 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

> * henrodon<henr...@gmail.com> [09-24-11 00:16]:
>>
>> On Sep 24, 11:57 am, Stephen<stephen.d.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Are you folks using the 3.0 version? If so try installing the 3.8 windows
>> > version using WINE. Most of us on the list are using that version on Linux.

Not gonna do that unless I have to. I was just screwing around with
updating java and decided I could hold off on that for a while. And I
used to be able to see quicktime videos, but no more -- and mplayer
won't install into the latest version of firefox.

Updating is a bitch whether you do it or not :-(

>> I'm afraid that's a little beyond my current level of expertise. I"ll
>> wait and see if the next Picasa update fixes the problem before I try
>> using WINE, which I've heard of but haven't yet used.
>
> good luck with that. I firmly believe that 3.8 is the last update that
> will *ever* be seen. Picnik is the future, ie:
> All this for free! Want more? Upgrade to
> Picnik Premium for only $24.95 a year!"

I accidentally looked at something with picnik. Godawful slow and it
does stuff I don't want done. It's like going to a website for
information about a product and being treated to dancing bears spelling
out the corporate name. Feh.

If the website doesn't get fixed, it's going to be a real bitch to move
my albums elsewhere. OTOH, maybe I don't need to. I'm pretty sure
nobody but me goes back and looks at the old stuff.

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[Garthhh]

I have a VirtualBox with XP installed for the few things that don't play well with Linux [Itunes, IE]

I group the pics I want to use for a webalbum on picasa for linux 

go over to XP & add only that folder to picasa there

works fine

[Garthhh]

I'm not having any trouble accessing webalbums from Gmail or editing in piknik

[Stephen]

Yeah it's not an issue on Linux; I'm having no problem accessing Picasa Web and haven't during the past week (I use it daily).

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Garthhh <gcho...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not having any trouble accessing webalbums from Gmail or editing in piknik

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[The Real Bev]

On 09/25/2011 04:57 AM, Garthhh wrote:

> I'm not having any trouble accessing webalbums from Gmail or editing in
> piknik

Access for viewing is no problem. It's uploading that doesn't work.

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[The Real Bev]

On 09/25/2011 07:32 AM, Stephen wrote:

> Yeah it's not an issue on Linux; I'm having no problem accessing Picasa
> Web and haven't during the past week (I use it daily).

Addendum: I can go to the Picasa site and suck up pictures from my
computer. I had just started captioning stuff before uploading it, and
it sucks up the captions too. Pull instead of push. It works, it's
just different.

I HATE DIFFERENT!

[Garthhh]

oh cool

just losing the ability to go from picasa to WA is no big

I haven't heard about any must have feature on 3.8 that would convince me to play around with WINE [yes I know there's a dedicated bit of wine code on the "native" linux version] which always buggy

my virtual machines are much more reliable

I did see the edge of the universe one day when I accidentally opened a VB within a VB :D 

[jshabad00]

Yes, the no explanation is annoying and poor customer service... I use
this free application with my Android phone which Google definitely
makes money from...

[Tobias McNulty]

Any luck installing through Wine?

I just installed the 3.0 version on Ubuntu 11.04 and I can't login at
all (keep getting "Web Albums is temporarily unavailable").

I was using it previously on Ubuntu 10.04 and it worked fine.

Any ideas?
Tobias

On Sep 24, 1:37 pm, Stephen <stephen.d.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not saying that will fix the issue; but at least you'll be on the
> latest/greatest. Some nice improvements.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Dan <dangran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I will try the 3.8 version. I am using  3.0.0
> > Thanks
>
> > On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 22:57 -0400, Stephen wrote:
> > > Are you folks using the 3.0 version? If so try installing the 3.8
> > > windows version using WINE. Most of us on the list are using that
> > > version on Linux.
>

[TC39]

I have the same problem: for the last few days I cannot use my
webalbums anymore from Picasa. I get a message: "webalbums temporary
unavailable"
I am using Picasa 3 for Linux. The problem never occurred before.
Distro: "Mandriva Linux release 2010.0 (Official) for i586" (French)
OS: Linux version 2.6.31.14-desktop586-1mnb
(qat...@titan.mandriva.com)
PICASA: v3.0.0 (Build 57.4402,0) for linux

[Patrick Shanahan]

* TC39 <tc...@free.fr> [09-25-11 19:04]:

> I have the same problem: for the last few days I cannot use my
> webalbums anymore from Picasa. I get a message: "webalbums temporary
> unavailable"
> I am using Picasa 3 for Linux. The problem never occurred before.
> Distro: "Mandriva Linux release 2010.0 (Official) for i586" (French)
> OS: Linux version 2.6.31.14-desktop586-1mnb
> (qat...@titan.mandriva.com)
> PICASA: v3.0.0 (Build 57.4402,0) for linux

wine-1.3.12-3.4.x86_64
picasa v3.8
on openSUSE 11.4 x86_64

I have no problems accessing webalbums and uploading new files.

installing the new picasa (3.8) is no biggie:
wine ./picassa38-setup.exe

[The Real Bev]

On 09/24/2011 01:21 PM, TC39 wrote:

> I have the same problem: for the last few days I cannot use my
> webalbums anymore from Picasa. I get a message: "webalbums temporary
> unavailable"

Go to the picasa website and suck photos from your home computer.
Crude, but effective.

> I am using Picasa 3 for Linux. The problem never occurred before.
> Distro: "Mandriva Linux release 2010.0 (Official) for i586" (French)
> OS: Linux version 2.6.31.14-desktop586-1mnb
> (qat...@titan.mandriva.com)
> PICASA: v3.0.0 (Build 57.4402,0) for linux
>
> On 23 sep, 12:16, henrodon<henro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This issue came up three years ago, but the fix at that time seemed to
>> be involved with a proxy issue. I'm not using a proxy and I had synced
>> a couple of dozen folders to web albums over the past 10 days. Then,
>> two days ago, and yesterday, and today, I've gotten the dreaded Web
>> albums temporarily unavailable message. Is there something else I
>> should try? (I'm using the most up-to-date version of Ubuntu.)

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[The Real Bev]

On 09/24/2011 01:59 PM, Tobias McNulty wrote:

> Any luck installing through Wine?
>
> I just installed the 3.0 version on Ubuntu 11.04 and I can't login at
> all (keep getting "Web Albums is temporarily unavailable").
>
> I was using it previously on Ubuntu 10.04 and it worked fine.
>
> Any ideas?

Go to your picasa albums and suck the photos from your home computer.
Any captions you've written will be included.

Not to be too bitchy or anything, but I posted this workaround at 8:34
am today. This group is pretty damn inactive. Custom indicates that at
least SOME previous posts be checked before a question is asked.

[mhenriday]

On 26 Sep, 07:56, The Real Bev <bashley...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/24/2011 01:21 PM, TC39 wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem: for the last few days I cannot use my
> > webalbums anymore from Picasa. I get a message: "webalbums temporary
> > unavailable"
>
> Go to the picasa website and suck photos from your home computer.
> Crude, but effective.
>
> > I am using Picasa 3 for Linux. The problem never occurred before.
> > Distro: "Mandriva Linux release 2010.0 (Official) for i586" (French)
> > OS: Linux version 2.6.31.14-desktop586-1mnb
> > (qat...@titan.mandriva.com)
> > PICASA: v3.0.0 (Build 57.4402,0) for linux

My experience with Picasa 3.8 is that the real problem occurs when one
attempts to download Picasa web albums sent by others to one's Linux
box - see the discussion on the following thread (http://
groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux/browse_thread/
thread/928b31a0f3644963/64a449b11e1ca132?lnk=gst)....

Henri

[Stephen]

Well now you've got me curious. Have never done this before so will attempt it now with 3.8. I'll be back to update.

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[Stephen]

You're absolutely right, doesn't download albums for me either.

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[tomorstinson]

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Picasa/thread?tid=5b44d166f13a8efc&hl=en&fid=5b44d166f13a8efc0004adfa2d92a1ad

But no answers from Google

[tomorstinson]

I have the same problem. I would like to use Picasa without Wine but I
also have this isue: "Web Albums is temporarily unavailable"

Waiting for a solution from Google.

Cheers

[mhenriday]

Den onsdagen den 28:e september 2011 kl. 09:52:40 UTC+2 skrev tomorstinson:

I have the same problem. I would like to use Picasa without Wine but I
also have this isue: "Web Albums is temporarily unavailable"

Waiting for a solution from Google.

Cheers

Tomorstinson, as has been clarified on this forum many times previously, one cannot presently - and indeed, never could - use Picasa on a Linux distro without the aid of Wine. If, for some reason, one is unwilling to use Wine, other imaging software is, of course, available....

Henri

[Garthhh]

thanks for the link

[Patrick Shanahan]

* tomorstinson <t.duran...@googlemail.com> [09-28-11 04:44]:

> I have the same problem. I would like to use Picasa without Wine but I
> also have this isue: "Web Albums is temporarily unavailable"

Afraid you cannot use picasa w/o wine as picasa is not a compiled binary
for a linux platform, but a windows executable. Wine is *required*.

> Waiting for a solution from Google.

Google is not interested.

[The Real Bev]

On 09/28/2011 07:52 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

> * tomorstinson<t.duran...@googlemail.com> [09-28-11 04:44]:
>> I have the same problem. I would like to use Picasa without Wine but I
>> also have this isue: "Web Albums is temporarily unavailable"
>
> Afraid you cannot use picasa w/o wine as picasa is not a compiled binary
> for a linux platform, but a windows executable. Wine is *required*.

A version came with version 3.0 and google earth. I don't want to
download and install a newer version for fear that it will somehow break
google earth, which is kind of weird about installation anyway.

>> Waiting for a solution from Google.

Go to your web albums on line and pull (I defer to the guy who prefers
'pull' to 'suck') your photos up. Crude but effective.

> Google is not interested.

"We don't have to care, we're the phone company."

Google has provided us with a lot of nifty things absolutely free. I,
for one, am willing to give them in exchange whatever information about
me they find valuable. The fact that I don't even SEE ads, even when
they're right in front of me, coupled with the fact that I never buy
popular stuff, makes my information absolutely valueless -- but if
somebody is actually paying them for it, fine with me -- I'm definitely
ahead of the game.

A lot of people are getting paranoid about google, though, and I can
understand why. Security through obscurity doesn't work as well with a
really good search engine.

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* The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> [09-28-11 23:15]:

> On 09/28/2011 07:52 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
>
> >* tomorstinson<t.duran...@googlemail.com> [09-28-11 04:44]:
> >> I have the same problem. I would like to use Picasa without Wine but I
> >> also have this isue: "Web Albums is temporarily unavailable"
> >
> >Afraid you cannot use picasa w/o wine as picasa is not a compiled binary
> >for a linux platform, but a windows executable. Wine is *required*.
>
> A version came with version 3.0 and google earth. I don't want to
> download and install a newer version for fear that it will somehow
> break google earth, which is kind of weird about installation anyway.

openSUSE 11.4 x86_64
wine-1.3.12-3.4.x86_64
Picasa Version 3.8.0 (Build 117.4300, 0)for Linux
Google Earth 6.0.3.2197

all work fine :^)

> >> Waiting for a solution from Google.
>
> Go to your web albums on line and pull (I defer to the guy who
> prefers 'pull' to 'suck') your photos up. Crude but effective.
>
> >Google is not interested.
>
> "We don't have to care, we're the phone company."
>
> Google has provided us with a lot of nifty things absolutely free.
> I, for one, am willing to give them in exchange whatever information
> about me they find valuable. The fact that I don't even SEE ads,
> even when they're right in front of me, coupled with the fact that I
> never buy popular stuff, makes my information absolutely valueless --
> but if somebody is actually paying them for it, fine with me -- I'm
> definitely ahead of the game.
>
> A lot of people are getting paranoid about google, though, and I can
> understand why. Security through obscurity doesn't work as well with
> a really good search engine.

Not paranoid about "google", just feel picasa no longer fits their
business model but picnik does and will pay them.

The google-earth version is dated May 13, 2011
the picasa 3.8 version is dated Oct 20, 2010
the chromium web-browser is dated Sept 26, 2011

I believe there is a pattern there :^)

ps: don't be afraid of your computer :^)

[The Real Bev]

On 09/28/2011 09:25 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

> * The Real Bev<bashl...@gmail.com> [09-28-11 23:15]:
>> On 09/28/2011 07:52 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
>>
>> >* tomorstinson<t.duran...@googlemail.com> [09-28-11 04:44]:
>> >> I have the same problem. I would like to use Picasa without Wine but I
>> >> also have this isue: "Web Albums is temporarily unavailable"
>> >
>> >Afraid you cannot use picasa w/o wine as picasa is not a compiled binary
>> >for a linux platform, but a windows executable. Wine is *required*.
>>
>> A version came with version 3.0 and google earth. I don't want to
>> download and install a newer version for fear that it will somehow
>> break google earth, which is kind of weird about installation anyway.
>
> openSUSE 11.4 x86_64
> wine-1.3.12-3.4.x86_64
> Picasa Version 3.8.0 (Build 117.4300, 0)for Linux
> Google Earth 6.0.3.2197
>
> all work fine :^)

Slackware is sometimes problematic, for extremely large values of
'sometimes'.

>> >> Waiting for a solution from Google.
>>
>> Go to your web albums on line and pull (I defer to the guy who
>> prefers 'pull' to 'suck') your photos up. Crude but effective.
>>
>> >Google is not interested.
>>
>> "We don't have to care, we're the phone company."
>>
>> Google has provided us with a lot of nifty things absolutely free.
>> I, for one, am willing to give them in exchange whatever information
>> about me they find valuable. The fact that I don't even SEE ads,
>> even when they're right in front of me, coupled with the fact that I
>> never buy popular stuff, makes my information absolutely valueless --
>> but if somebody is actually paying them for it, fine with me -- I'm
>> definitely ahead of the game.
>>
>> A lot of people are getting paranoid about google, though, and I can
>> understand why. Security through obscurity doesn't work as well with
>> a really good search engine.
>
> Not paranoid about "google", just feel picasa no longer fits their
> business model but picnik does and will pay them.

I used picnik the first time I saw it. Slo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ow and doesn't
do anything I want done.

> The google-earth version is dated May 13, 2011
> the picasa 3.8 version is dated Oct 20, 2010
> the chromium web-browser is dated Sept 26, 2011
>
> I believe there is a pattern there :^)
>
> ps: don't be afraid of your computer :^)

I'm not afraid of it, I'm just afraid of losing something through sloth
and ignorance that I have learned to need. I have solved many problems
through the scattergun approach, and have no idea what individual action
or, more likely, combination of near-random actions resulted in success.

I didn't take notes in school, either :-(

[mhenriday]

Den torsdagen den 29:e september 2011 kl. 06:25:55 UTC+2 skrev ptilo...@gmail.com:

<snip>

Not paranoid about "google", just feel picasa no longer fits their

business model but picnik does and will pay them.

The google-earth version is dated May 13, 2011
the picasa 3.8 version is dated Oct 20, 2010
the chromium web-browser is dated Sept 26, 2011

I believe there is a pattern there  :^)

ps:  don't be afraid of your computer  :^)
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Have to agree with Patrick here ; the handwriting is on the wall. My experience would indicate that when Google decides to abandon a product, they often first stop updating it and then, after quite some time has passed, announce that the product in question will no longer be supported. That, for example, was what was done with the so-called Picasa for Linux (which was not, as has been noted on this forum innumerable times, a native Linux build, but rather a product with a built-in Wine emulator) and with Google Toolbar for Firefox (which, however, can still be made to work in all later versions of FF if the Add-on Compatibility Reader is installed). Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin....

Henri

[Stephen]

And if one is using Google-Chrome it's better than uploading via Picasa anyways. It's just a matter of drag and drop into a window and the upload starts.

Picasa has been rolled in Google+. So highly doubt that another version of Picasa Desktop will ever be forthcoming.

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:08 PM, The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Go to your web albums on line and pull (I defer to the guy who prefers 'pull' to 'suck') your photos up. Crude but effective.

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On 09/29/2011 01:59 AM, mhenriday wrote:

> Have to agree with Patrick here ; the handwriting is on the wall. My
> experience would indicate that when Google decides to abandon a product,
> they often first stop updating it and then, after quite some time has
> passed, announce that the product in question will no longer be
> supported. That, for example, was what was done with the so-called

> Picasa for Linux (which was *not*, as has been noted on this forum

I have to wonder if they're going to ultimately charge for the web
albums. Fortunately there are other free options, but it will be a real
nuisance to move/recreate what I have.

> innumerable times, a native Linux build, but rather a product with a
> built-in Wine emulator) and with Google Toolbar for Firefox (which,
> however, can still be made to work in all later versions of FF if the

> _*Add-on Compatibility Reader*_
> <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/>
> is installed). /Mene/, /Mene/, /Tekel/, /Upharsin/....

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[Stephen]

I doubt it Bev; we're the product so why charge? If you enable Google+ then you'll have unlimited space.

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[tomorstinson]

Ok, I'm sorry but english is not my mother tongue. I don't understand
everything. Thank you for your information. I will install Wine. After
that, I have to reinstall Picasa I guess?

[The Real Bev]

On 09/29/2011 11:16 AM, Stephen wrote:

> I doubt it Bev; we're the product so why charge? If you enable Google+
> then you'll have unlimited space.

We were the product for TV too, but some people pay what I consider to
be big bucks for cable now. I had hit 1G in my picasa account, so I
opened a second account and started over. I should probably move the
public albums to this account and the private ones to the other account,
and then enable G+ in that one too.

On the whole I'm not impressed with what G+ has to offer. What it lacks
is a way to make stuff you've already read disappear -- just like usenet
and mail lists, both of which are far better than either G+ or Facebook.
Better Facebook is an improvement, but it's still not as good as
usenet, especially if you actually want to DISCUSS something instead of
just rattling off a one-liner.

> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:54 PM, The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com
> <mailto:bashl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On 09/29/2011 01:59 AM, mhenriday wrote:
>
> Have to agree with Patrick here ; the handwriting is on the wall. My
> experience would indicate that when Google decides to abandon a
> product,
> they often first stop updating it and then, after quite some
> time has
> passed, announce that the product in question will no longer be
> supported. That, for example, was what was done with the so-called
> Picasa for Linux (which was *not*, as has been noted on this forum
>
>
> I have to wonder if they're going to ultimately charge for the web
> albums. Fortunately there are other free options, but it will be a
> real nuisance to move/recreate what I have.

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[mhenriday]

Den torsdagen den 29:e september 2011 kl. 23:54:30 UTC+2 skrev tomorstinson:

Ok, I'm sorry but english is not my mother tongue. I don't understand
everything. Thank you for your information. I will install Wine. After
that, I have to reinstall Picasa I guess?

Tomorstinson, you need hardly apologise - the misunderstanding that earlier versions of so-called «Picasa for Linux» is quite frequent even among native speakers of English. The reason is that versions up to and including 3.0.0 had Wine inbuilt, so that all a Linux user had to do was to download and install the Picasa package, i e, there was no need to worry about Wine or even know if the tool exists or what it does. In any event, you might find the information on this Web Upd8 page helpful in installing Picas 3.8 on your system. Good luck !...

Henri  
 

[wb8nbs]

On Sep 23, 5:16 am, henrodon <henro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This issue came up three years ago, but the fix at that time seemed to
> be involved with a proxy issue. I'm not using a proxy and I had synced
> a couple of dozen folders to web albums over the past 10 days. Then,
> two days ago, and yesterday, and today, I've gotten the dreaded Web
> albums temporarily unavailable message. Is there something else I
> should try? (I'm using the most up-to-date version of Ubuntu.)

I have this problem with Ubuntu 10.04 LTE. I see a log file ~/.google/
picasa/3.0/picasa.log with the following entries whenever I attempt
the login that fails:

fixme:win:FlashWindowEx 0x339970
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option
INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT (10000): STUB
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
10000
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
10000
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option
INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT (10000): STUB
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
10000
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
10000
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option
INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT (10000): STUB
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
10000
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
10000

[pindfw]

Just thought I'd mention that the Picasa Linux photo upload is
suddenly working again for me. I'm running PCLinuxOS on my desktop, &
I'll check my laptop (also running PCLOS) tomorrow & will report back
here. Those of you having problems might give it a try again if you
haven't done so in the last few days.

[The Real Bev]

On 10/05/2011 09:28 PM, pindfw wrote:

> Just thought I'd mention that the Picasa Linux photo upload is
> suddenly working again for me. I'm running PCLinuxOS on my desktop,&

> I'll check my laptop (also running PCLOS) tomorrow& will report back

> here. Those of you having problems might give it a try again if you
> haven't done so in the last few days.

It worked for me too. Slackware 13.37. Deus ex machina, I guess.

So this is yet another situation where the users frantically try to fix
the problem WHICH IS NOT WITH THEM BUT IS INSTEAD WITH THE SERVER.

Tacky.

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[Garthhh]

thanks for the heads up Pfinder

when I opened Picasa a few pics that had failed days ago Uploaded

so someone is listening somewhere

[Stephen]

That's the issue, innit. You folks were too frantic and jumping to conclusions.

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:25 AM, The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:

So this is yet another situation where the users frantically try to fix the problem WHICH IS NOT WITH THEM BUT IS INSTEAD WITH THE SERVER.

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[The Real Bev]

On 10/06/2011 05:05 AM, Stephen wrote:

> That's the issue, innit. You folks were too frantic and jumping to
> conclusions.

"You folks"? When something important breaks, I think most of us try to
fix it. Should we just wait until god blesses us? As soon as the
problem was mentioned, it would have been nice if Google had made some
sort of announcement -- "We have a problem, we're working on it, hang in
there." "Temporarily unavailable" does NOT mean days or weeks, it means
minutes or hours.

One of the reasons I hate Charter is that they expect you to do a
machine diagnostic before they tell you 15 minutes later that the net is
out in your area. You can cut down the time, but it's NOT the first
thing on the menu.

> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:25 AM, The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com
> <mailto:bashl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> So this is yet another situation where the users frantically try to
> fix the problem WHICH IS NOT WITH THEM BUT IS INSTEAD WITH THE SERVER.

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