Some blocks don't display

The same problem occured to me as well. The Flickr block stopt working when you change a specific setting on the Block-page, like the name or the number of pictures. I worked around this by changing my settings in the flickr.module code however.

Same issue - eg the block "sets by user" never shows up :(

_flickr_block_get_userid doesn't look right to me. I don't understand why we are unserializing data from the users table.

Index: ../../modules/flickr/block/flickr_block.module
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/contributions/modules/flickr/block/flickr_block.module,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -p -r1.3 flickr_block.module
--- ../../modules/flickr/block/flickr_block.module      2 Jan 2007 17:59:11 -0000       1.3
+++ ../../modules/flickr/block/flickr_block.module      14 Feb 2007 03:59:02 -0000
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ function flickr_block($op = 'list', $del
 }

 function _flickr_block_get_userid($id) {
-  $result = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT data FROM {users} WHERE uid = %d', $id));
-  $data = unserialize($result->data);
-  return $data['nsid'];
+  global $user;
+  $account = user_load(array('uid' => $user->uid));
+  return $account->flickr['nsid'];
 }

 function _flickr_block_recent($user_id, $show_n, $size) {

the previous diff is wrong.

Index: ../../modules/flickr/block/flickr_block.module
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/contributions/modules/flickr/block/flickr_block.module,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -p -r1.3 flickr_block.module
--- ../../modules/flickr/block/flickr_block.module      2 Jan 2007 17:59:11 -0000       1.3
+++ ../../modules/flickr/block/flickr_block.module      14 Feb 2007 04:06:59 -0000
@@ -163,9 +163,8 @@ function flickr_block($op = 'list', $del
 }

 function _flickr_block_get_userid($id) {
-  $result = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT data FROM {users} WHERE uid = %d', $id));
-  $data = unserialize($result->data);
-  return $data['nsid'];
+  $account = user_load(array('uid' => $id));
+  return $account->flickr['nsid'];
 }

 function _flickr_block_recent($user_id, $show_n, $size) {

Me too: no block display most of the time. Once in a while if i mess with the block settings enough in admin/build/block then flickr a thumbnail block will show up: only one block though no matter how many i configure on the page sidebars, and only until i mess with the block settings again. Latest HEAD modules don't do anything for me.

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I too just installed flicker, entered my key and shared secret thing along with the userid and enabled the block. But does it show? Nope. I DID change the name of the block.

Same here, but I found if you fill in your Flickr User ID for each block they do show up.

You are right. I had to enter the odd-looking user id, not the one I sign into the flickr site with. Now the block is showing! Thanks for the tip.

I've having the same problem.

Me too. It seems impossible to get it back working again after you change the block title (even if you change it back).

Here's the same patch, but diffed against the cvs repository.

here's the patch i'm committing to fix this. it moves the three variables for each block into a single variable.

I've just downloaded and installed the module from HEAD and I'm getting the same problem. None of the blocks show.

I've checked that I do indeed have the latest code, put in the API and shared API key that I just applied for, checked and double checked my flickr ID, and tried several different blocks, but none of them show up.

Some of the blocks should show if you have put in the default NSID, but flickr_block is still very flaky right now. This issue should fix most of the problems: http://drupal.org/node/136317

Thanks andrewlevine, that patch fixed it.