When I press "take picture" it reports an error "Cannot create directory '~/Webcam_Pictures'"

Bug #843393 reported by Worik
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
camorama (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
camorama (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

It popped up a dialogue and would not let me take a phot. When I created the directory manually and reran camorama it still gave the same error message.

I wager I am not the first to report this!

W

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: camorama 0.19-2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 7 11:56:10 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: camorama
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Worik (worik-stanton) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in camorama (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Daniel Tschernatsch (daniel311) wrote :

I found a workaround for this problem:

1. sudo apt-get install gconf-editor (or search in Software Center)
2. fire it up and change /apps/comorama/preferences/save_dir from "~/Webcam_Pictures" to "Webcam_Pictures"

So this is just a simple typo in the camorama.schemas.in from the source package. I hope some developer knows where to report or fix that.

Changed in camorama (Debian):
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Changed in camorama (Debian):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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