Gramps version 6.0.6
Hello,
I am in the process of migrating to Ubuntu Linux after importing my GEDCOM file. Everything seems to be working correctly, except for an image display issue.
After opening an individual, when I go to their gallery, the names of the different photos related to them appear correctly, but instead of the images, I see a red cross.
Does anyone have an explanation for this?
Thank you for your reply.
Best regards
Greetings and welcome!
GEDCOM 5.5.1 does not include media. So you will not have copies of those files locally. The thumbnails of the Media files are what is shown in the Gramps GUI. These are generated from local files.
If the GEDCOM used URLs for the Media paths, there is an addon to fetch local copies of the media files.
Also, even if you did copy the media manually, moving to a different machine or OS tend to mean the path will have changed and need to be revalidated.
There is an addon Tool for revalidating paths for moved Media files.
Hello,
The red cross indicates that the path to your image no longer matches (this is quite common during a migration).
Check the Media view for the various paths. Sometimes it’s not much—just a directory name or the root of a path that needs correction. Could you provide an example of a path that needs fixing and where it should point after the migration?
Best regards,
P.S.: There is a section of the forum for French speakers: Français (French) - The Gramps Project (Discourse Forum & Mailing List)
Also check if the relative path for media suits you. It is defined in the General tab of Preferences (see the menu).
https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/images/6/6f/Prefs_fr-50.png
Finally, a dedicated tool is available from the Tools menu → Utilities → Manage Media… which allows you to apply batch (grouped) changes if you need to perform the same correction/modification multiple times.