Some Ubuntu users are newbies, they do not know about GVFS, FUSE and so
on, so they can't suppose to use /media folder for network filesystems.
This bug should be fixed as soon as possible. Xenial and Bionic are affected.
Most Gtk3 applications are affected - the most common are Firefox, Google
Chrome.
** Description changed:
+ Steps to reproduce:
+ 1. Install any Gtk3 application such as Firefox or Chromium.
+ 2. Mount network location through fstab or file-manager (SMB/CIFS, SFTP/SSH
and so on)
+ 3. Try to save file to the remote location from Gtk3 application.
+
+ Expected results:
+ * user is able to find network folder and save/open file to/from it with
GtkFileChooser dialog
+
+ Actual results:
+ * user is unable to find network folder and save/open file to/from it with
GtkFileChooser dialog and many user applications are affected
+
+
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Original bug description is below:
+
GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE network shares in file chooser - it used to do
so in GTK+2, and the GTK+3 documentation still mentions it should do it.
In the mean time, every user of every application switching to GTK+3 --
including Chromium, at some point between 58 and 60 -- (a change which
happened in 16.04 LTS!!), loses the functionality to open or save
directly to a network share.
- I had chosen 16.04 LTS for deploying our workstations at work, and my 50
users have been suddenly unable to do a simple operation they have to do dozens
of times a day.
- They now have to "buffer" these files to their local filesystem when saving
them and before uploading them, and then copy them to the company's network
shares.
+ I had chosen 16.04 LTS for deploying our workstations at work, and my 50
users have been suddenly unable to do a simple operation they have to do dozens
of times a day.
+ They now have to "buffer" these files to their local filesystem when saving
them and before uploading them, and then copy them to the company's network
shares.
They were already a little bit grumpy when it stopped working with Firefox,
and are now really side-eyeing me when they apply updates and find Chromium
broken.
I have reported the bug upstream and provided a patch to fix this. I
hope you'll be able and willing to include it to Ubuntu's GTK+3 package.
Thanks in advance.
Colin
** Summary changed:
- GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE network shares in file chooser
+ GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE/GVFS, SMB/CIFS, SFTP/SSH network shares in file
chooser
** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: chromium (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: remmina (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: vinagre (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: transmission (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: brasero (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE/GVFS, SMB/CIFS, SFTP/SSH network shares in
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