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Aalis

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Registered: 2010-04-04

Posts: 22

problems opening network files in waldorf

Since moving to Waldorf i have several problems with applications

Basically I keep my stuff in NASs in my local network

Geany can't open text files, videos do not play in Gnome Mplayer; right clicking in a thunar window listing a network volume content does not display the usual 'open terminal here' option in the menu.

All these was transparent in Statler with gigolo mounting volumes under .gvfs in my home folder. That folder now is empty. Thunar shows "smb://10.10.1.214/volume_1/Files" and the files are listed but many applications cannot use them.

Gedit or VLC have no trouble opening texts or videos.

I could permanently mount them in /mnt/something but this is a laptop so I prefer statler gigolo way that is activating a bookmark when at home.

I'd appreciate some clues on why gigolo is not working as before.

gychang

#! CrunchBanger

From: Phoenix, AZ

Registered: 2009-04-01

Posts: 225

Re: problems opening network files in waldorf

thanks for the post, I am also interested in the same topic.

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Aalis

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Registered: 2010-04-04

Posts: 22

Re: problems opening network files in waldorf

Since i did not get answers I looked further into this.

To start, my .gvfs folder looked like an icon not like a folder. Killed the daemon, deleted and recreated folder. Looked Ok after that and I could cd into it. That is caused by a bug when the daemon crashes and whatnot.

The problem I reported is basically solved by installing gvfs-fuse and adding your id to the fuse group

sudo apt-get install gvfs-fuse
sudo gpasswd -a ${USERNAME} fuse

I messed up my config as i used moduser without -a and suddenly was out of any other groups -no sudo anymore

The above command should be safe as it is only adding you to a group, not removing anything.

Aalis

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Registered: 2010-04-04

Posts: 22

Re: problems opening network files in waldorf

The .gvfs folder now displays the mounted volumes.

Not sure if the 'Network' icon to the left of Thunar windows should display anything or not - all I get is 'Failed to open "Windows Network".'  - 'Failed to retrieve share list from server.'

Since the volumes are mounted as local directories, i am really not clear if this should display servers or not; I'm not running a SMB domain master

Spoke too soon perhaps?

Last edited by Aalis (2012-10-06 15:47:24)