I agree that this is a general glib problem. Because in "Files", the Ubuntu 14.04 file manager, I get a
"Error renaming temporary file: Operation not supported" when I try to overwrite a file on my samba (cifs) share. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341725 Title: Can't save changes in VirtualBox Shared Folder. Nano, OOo do it. Status in Light-Weight Text Editor for Gnome: New Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: gedit I can't edit files in VirtualBox Shared Folders: sudo mkdir /mnt/share sudo mount.vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 vs /mnt/share or sudo mount -t vboxsf vs /mnt/share -o rw,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000,dev $ echo blubb > /mnt/share/New it works $ ls -l /mnt/share $ -rw-rw-rw- 1 usr usr 31 2009-03-11 18:24 New $ gedit /mnt/share/New - can't save changes. (But nano, OpenOffice.org do it!) How to edit files in shared folders with gedit? But, L try now, gedit can save into file without caps letters, for example, $ gedit /mnt/share/New edit and save as 'new ' - gedit do it Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.4, Host Win XP SP3, Guest Ubuntu 7.10, gedit 2.22.3 : http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gedit/gedit_2.22.3-0ubuntu2_i386.deb ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Mar 12 16:42:25 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit Package: gedit 2.22.3-0ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: PATH=/User Name/local/sbin:/User Name/local/bin:/User Name/sbin:/User Name/bin:/sbin:/bin:/User Name/games LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gedit Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gedit/+bug/341725/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
