Interesting! when running GnuCash locally in the Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop the network drive does appear in the GnuCash File>Open dialog, but when running it remotely in Windows with XMing/PuTTY via SSH the network drive is not visible in the GnuCash File>Open dialog.
David C On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27 July 2018 at 18:23, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am running 2.1.19 from the Ubuntu repo on Ubuntu 18.04 and can click > > File > Open, then select File System in the left hand pane of the dialog > > and can browse to any of the root directories with no problem. > > > > That is 2.6.19 of course. > > Colin > > > > > > Colin > > > > On 27 July 2018 at 00:06, DaveC49 <davidcous...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > > >> Adrien, David, > >> > >> The same issue occurs in Linux Mint 19(Tara) which is Ubuntu 18.04 > based. > >> Nemo (file explorer) can see the mounted USB stick and access it > directly > >> or via the /media/<user>/ mount point for the device but the Gnucash > file > >> open dialog neither sees the USB stick or /media/<user>/ mount point > when > >> you click on other locations. It only lists a restricted set of the > >> directories under / by comparison with what can be accessed from Nemo. > Not > >> being able to access the /media mount points would qualify as a bug. > >> > >> On LM19 /media has 755 permissions, the user directory under it has 750 > >> and > >> the mounted USB stick has 755 permissions. > >> > >> The file->Open dialog in LibreOffice which looks to be a similar GTK3 > >> dialog > >> does display the USB stick in the sidebar and it sees all the > directories > >> under / as well as any networked locations which don't show up in > GnuCash > >> either. > >> > >> if no-one has already filked a bug i will put one in later today. > >> > >> David Cousens > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- > >> David Cousens > >> -- > >> Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819. > >> html > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >> ----- > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
