Questions tagged [nautilus]
Nautilus (also known as GNOME Files) is the default file manager for Ubuntu and as such is used to manage files and folders. Nautilus is called "Files" by default on Ubuntu.
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OS crashed after attempt to install Resolve
I was trying to install davinci resolve and when I tried to run it, it gave me a bunch of repositories to install. I got libasound2 and when I install that, my screen went black and on restart I was ...
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Clicking on a folder on my desktop opens two Nautilus windows, the one I selected and the Desktop itself. How do I stop this?
I have seven folders on my Desktop, one for each of my active projects. When I attempt to open any of them, two Nautilus windows open: the one I clicked on (home/me/Desktop/Project1), and another with ...
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Why did some of my internal drives start getting detected as ejectable and removable?
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04. A couple of days ago I did a software update (apt update && apt upgrade) and rebooted, and now several of my internal drives,
including /home have eject buttons next ...
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How to show/hide sidebar in Files 46.2 (aka Nautilus)?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 24.04, and found that the default view in file manager Files (version 46.2, previously known as Nautilus) includes the sidebar.
I have found no way to hide the ...
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Nautilus crashes when opening folders containing .js or .json files. Update glib2?
I'm on Ubuntu 22.04. In the past week or so, Nautilus started crashing every time it tries to open a folder containing a .js or .json file. If I create a new folder, I can open it, but if I add a ....
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How to (manually) write the path in Nautilus/Files when downloading a document from browser using Ubuntu 22.04 with desktop environment GNOME 42.9
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 with desktop environment GNOME 42.9 and I find very handy to use Ctrl + l to (manually) write the path in Nautilus/Files to browse my file. However, If I want to download a ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 - Nautilus - SMB mounts showing up twice on sidebar
I have an ubuntu 22.04 system (gobsmack) that has mounts to an SMB share \foosmb with three shares: alphashare, betashare, deltashare
When I mount the foosmb shares on gobsmack, the entries for alpha/...
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What is the state of nautilus type-ahead in 24.04?
About the good old nautilus type-ahead that was removed at least 7 years ago and people keep trying to add back.
Gnome current behavior: I type "R" in in Nautilus (now known as Gnome Files) ...
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Preventing splitting nautilus windows by drive
I have 3 drives on my device and opening either of them creates a separate "group" of windows for each of the drives. I often use the keyboard shortcut "alt + `" which is like alt-...
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wFewer formats can be selected when compressing files in file manager
When compressing files using file roller or on desktop, there are many extensions can be selected. But when compressing in file manager(nautilus), there are only 4(zip, encrypted zip, tar.xz and 7z) ...
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Embedded terminal for Nautilus >= version 43
When I used Ubuntu 22.04, there was a great Nautilus extension called nautilus-terminal which could embed a terminal in Nautilus windows (as shown below)
However, the nautilus-terminal is not ...
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Change shortcut to switch tab in nautilus/files?
In nautilus/files, I would like to change my shortcut to change tabs:
Switch to Previous Tab: Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Switch to Next Tab: Ctrl+Tab
Just like in every browser.
How can i do it?
thanks
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How to activate tree view in Nautilus on Ubuntu 24.04?
I'm using Ubuntu 24.04 and I'm trying to activate a tree view in Nautilus (Files) similar to other file managers. I have searched online and thought about installing Nautilus extensions or GNOME Shell ...
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Noble: Nautilus goes into infinite loop while browsing an NFS share whose permissions change
can be recreated as follows:
own an NFS share
access it through the Files application (Other locations > nfs://192.168.1.12/path/to/share > Connect)
change the permissions (e.g. disallow ...
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How open directly .desktop files with Type=llink into chrome or edge browsers on Ubuntu 22.04
I have a Google Drive folder mounting in my home folder by google-drive-ocamlfuse. The standard configuration for google-drive-ocamlfuse is left Google Doc files like .gdoc, .gform etc. as a .desktop ...
