bug#39117: GNOME Files: No file thumbnails

bug#39117: GNOME Files: No file thumbnails

[sirgazil via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

GNOME Files (nautilus) does not display thumbnails of files like images, videos, and other files that usually have thumbnails. This makes it hard to browse large directories of multimedia files. 


## Steps to reproduce

1. Start GNOME Files.
2. Make sure that  "GNOME Files → Preferences → Search & Preview → Thumbnails" is active ("Files on this computer" is the option selected in my case for files less than 10 MB).
3. Browse to a directory that contains images.


## Unexpected result

All images are represented by the same icon, so you can only differentiate them by file name (when the files are not generated by devices like cameras).

Screenshot: https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/guix-gnome-files-3.32.3-no-image-previews-2020-01-13.png


## Expected result

You can see thumbnails of all images so you can browse them by their content, not only by their file name.


## System information

GNOME 3.32.2
GNOME Files 3.32.3-stable

$ LANG=C guix describe
Generation 8	Jan 12 2020 16:24:29	(current)
  guix f9ea47a
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: f9ea47a978882541063dd0d77c138be881ce0688


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bug#39117: GNOME Files: No file thumbnails

[Pierre Neidhardt]

I can reproduce.

Note that I've managed to get _some_ thumbnails when I first logged in.
Now the thumbnail generation seems to be completely gone.

Any clue what's happening, anyone?  Has this ever worked before?

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

Re: bug#39117: GNOME Files: No file thumbnails

[Pierre Neidhardt]

I can reproduce.

Note that I've managed to get _some_ thumbnails when I first logged in.
Now the thumbnail generation seems to be completely gone.

Any clue what's happening, anyone?  Has this ever worked before?

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

bug#39117: GNOME Files: No file thumbnails

[sirgazil via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

 ---- On Thu, 02 Apr 2020 02:55:34 -0500 Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> wrote ----
 > I can reproduce.
 > 
 > Note that I've managed to get _some_ thumbnails when I first logged in.
 > Now the thumbnail generation seems to be completely gone.
 > 
 > Any clue what's happening, anyone?  Has this ever worked before?

I've been using GNOME in the Guix System since I installed it (almost a year ago), and this have never worked for me.

Also, opening the files with some applications will make the thumbnails work for these particular files. For example, opening images in the GIMP or browsing files with file managers like Thunar and Caja (if I recall correctly).

Re: bug#39117: GNOME Files: No file thumbnails

[sirgazil]

 ---- On Thu, 02 Apr 2020 02:55:34 -0500 Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> wrote ----
 > I can reproduce.
 > 
 > Note that I've managed to get _some_ thumbnails when I first logged in.
 > Now the thumbnail generation seems to be completely gone.
 > 
 > Any clue what's happening, anyone?  Has this ever worked before?

I've been using GNOME in the Guix System since I installed it (almost a year ago), and this have never worked for me.

Also, opening the files with some applications will make the thumbnails work for these particular files. For example, opening images in the GIMP or browsing files with file managers like Thunar and Caja (if I recall correctly).

bug#39117: GNOME Files: No file thumbnails

[Luis Felipe via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

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This issue persists in the following software:

GNOME 40.4 

GNOME nautilus 41.0

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Generation 52	Dec 23 2021 11:56:54	(current)
  guix 037c2b6
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: 037c2b6d3acdf7f5b68ecb3024ef90bce85922df

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bug#39117: GNOME Files: No file thumbnails

[Roman Riabenko]

Hello

There was a patch in June 2020 that added bubblewrap as input to gnome-
dektop. It was reported that the patch was enabling thumbnails in
Nautilus. So, this issue should had been resolved.
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/41756

But thumbnails are still not generated for me with Nautilus (GNOME
Files) version 41.1, gnome-desktop 40.4.

Roman

bug#39117: GNOME Files: No file thumbnails

[Trev]

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Just throwing my name in the hat of "people who have never had
thumbnails in GNOME".  I installed the Guix System probably 4 months
ago.
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bug#39117: GNOME Files: No file thumbnails

[Sughosha via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

Strange behavior. To get thumbnail of each and every image file, I have to do the following:

1. Right-click on that image file, click on Open With Other Application and Open the image with GIMP (or maybe other program).
2. Then the same way chose Image Viewer back.

bug#39117: GNOME Files: No file thumbnails

[Alexandre Hannud Abdo]

Ni! Same thing at 42.4. (Just adding my e-mail address in case any news get posted.) .~´

bug#39117: GNOME Files: No file thumbnails

[Jonathan Brielmaier via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

I'm running nautilus@42.2 and it shows thumbnails for at least JPEG and
PNG images.

This is on a rather recent Guix System installation:
```
$ LANG=en guix system describe
Generation 10	Jan 07 2024 16:46:14	(current)
[...]
   channels:
     guix:
       repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
       branch: master
       commit: 9816a5371663396bc092eb359222635e5675b174
```

So can we close this issue?