Questions tagged [gvfs]
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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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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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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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GVIM hangs when saving through GVFS' FTP
I loved Gnome's Nautilus and FTP integration and being able to mount a remote FTP directory as a regular bookmark/directory, and double clicking any remote files to open in any unmodified program. I ...
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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 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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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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Accessing gvfs from command shell in Ubuntu
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10. I have some samba share mounted via Nautilus. I'd like to access the files from command shell. They used to appear under $HOME/.gvfs but not any more. Where have they gone to?
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Is gvfs capable of connecting to WebDAV shares with Digest authentication?
On Ubuntu 12.04 I try to connect to a WebDAV share on the local network, from Nautilus (over http, not https).
This works with cadaver and davfs (both of which seem to depend on a library called neon ...
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Files edited through gvfs using Eclipse and NetBeans getting corrupted. gedit using smb works fine
I'm facing a strange problem. My development machine was recently moved to Ubuntu. When I edit files situated in a network server (LAN) and then save, the files are getting corrupted. In all cases a ...
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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, ...
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GNOME: I've got problems mounting a WebDAV resource. Where does GVFS's store its error log?
On Ubuntu 11.10, I've got problems mounting a WebDAV resource (Places > Connect to Server). It doesn't tell me why via the GUI. Other resources work, so I'd like to debug where the error is coming ...
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VIM / GVFS / Unwanted access right alteration on save
I'm using Vim under GNU/Linux and I use the gnome functionalities to mount FTP / SFTP as drives using GVFS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVFS).
When I use Vim to edit files directly on the GVFS ...
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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 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. ...