Questions tagged [gvfs]
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gvfs on debian with openbox?
is it possible to use gvfs on a debian system that only has openbox?
here's some info about my sys:
sudo cat /etc/debian_version
12.5
sudo cat /etc/os-release
HOME_URL="https://www.bunsenlabs....
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Mounting a directory of zipped files for direct unzipped access
I have a directory tree with LOTS of .gz files. I once saw a way to mount it (via FUSE I think) so that I could see all the files directly (i.e. unzipped) under another directory.
I've been searching ...
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Evince in WSL2 doesn't remember last visited page
I use the Evince pdf reader on WSL2, but it isn't remembering the last visited page. Every time I open a pdf file, it starts from the first page in a small window with the message:
chen@4-726:~/...
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Ubuntu doesn't recognize changes on Android internal storage
I connect my "Onyx Boox Max Lumi 2" e-reader (Android 11) to my "Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS" notebook by a USB-cable.
Then I use the Onyx reader to edit a PDF file stored in the Android ...
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ubuntu samba gio mount issue: volume doesn't implement mount
I have a fresh install of ubuntu 20.04 where I also installed xubuntu-desktop.
In thunar I can access my samba share by typing smb:/// in the address bar. After which it prompts me for my credentials. ...
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How to use GVFS to launch an X program with super user permissions?
I'm trying to port a script to Ubuntu 18.04 that uses gksudo to prompt the user for admin password in order to run a GUI program with the admin permissions.
Now, gksudo has been removed from Ubuntu 18....
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nfs mount /etc/fstab entry hangs gtk application
I have that entry in my fstab which works pretty well when I'm at home and 192.168.1.195 is in my LAN
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NFS#Mount_using_.2Fetc.2Ffstab_with_systemd
192.168.1.195:/...
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Vim doesn't respect fileformat setting on windows share [Solved]
I have mounted several SMB shares (folders are located on windows server) on my linux machine
gvfs-mount smb://user@domain@fileserver/sharedfolder
I can access files and edit them in vim, but vim ...
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How to gvfs-mount a CD as non-root user?
I can mount a CD like this:
sudo dbus-launch gvfs-mount cdda://sr0
And I get the tracks as .wav files in /root/.gvfs.
But it mounts as root, and chown doesn't work (not implemented in the fuse ...
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gvfsd-trash's way of clearing the trash
One of the way that make the laptop reach for its limits is when its clearing up the trash in a gnome based DE with nautilus based FM. With the trash has about a plethora of files (for example, a copy ...
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Copy files from GoPro over USB on Linux
I'm having a problem to copy files from GoPro over standard USB connection.
I can copy tons of photos without any problem, but the connections break when I copy large (800Mb+) video files.
In my ...
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Can I create a "file" that, when opened, actually gives the output of a command?
I've found myself in a couple of situations now where I'd like to have such a "file" that essentially runs a script whenever it's "opened", allowing me to "read" it's output.
For example, I might ...
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How do I navigate to a samba location I've mounted in Nautilus on the command line?
This is the same question here (and a bit of here too), except that I'm running Debian wheezy (7.4). To clear up, these directories do not exist:
/run/user
/var/run/user
~/.cache/gvfs
And this ...
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Mount WebDAV share on Salix
I'm trying to mount a WebDAV share on Salix OS, a Slackware based distro.
Initially I only got the davs://something.com:port address; after Googling I found that I needed to use gvfs-mount, but when ...
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Samba mount-point with Nautilus
I'm trying to access by command line to the shares automatically mounted by Nautilus (I'm on a RHEL6), but I'm unable to find the mount point. Googling around I found that I should look in ~/.gvfs, ...