Hi,
> Looks like it's a confirmed bug for more than three years, at least with
> Ubuntu:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozilla-thunderbird/+bug/105088
Although less than ideal, I mounted the shares in fstab that I needed.
Here's a HOWTO:
http://opensuse.swerdna.org/susesambacifs
Hi,
>> I think I can also now attribute instant lock-up of Thunderbird to
>> this approach. I browsed to the .gvfs directory, and poof, Thunderbird
>> locked, taking my email composition down with it. It's almost like
>> it's waiting for an event to occur that will never happen, like access
>> to
On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 11:38 -0400, Alex wrote:
> I think I can also now attribute instant lock-up of Thunderbird to
> this approach. I browsed to the .gvfs directory, and poof, Thunderbird
> locked, taking my email composition down with it. It's almost like
> it's waiting for an event to occur that
Hi,
>> The bookmarks to two network shares appear when in Nautilus, but not
>> in Thunderbird.
>
> No, that's consistent with what I see. The Bookmarks available off the
> Places menu pad in GNOME list the temporary shares/mounts that you've
> created and saved as bookmarks. These don't show up in
On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 17:04 -0400, Ted Roche wrote:
> No, that's consistent with what I see. The Bookmarks available off the
> Places menu pad in GNOME list the temporary shares/mounts that you've
> created and saved as bookmarks. These don't show up in the "Attach"
> dialog within Thunderbird. If
are probably
related to the GNOME VFS thing I know little about and some are
related to the Nautilus UI. All related, but perhaps more or less so.
I guess I missed the common thread.
> Perhaps "General Desktop Questions" is a bit too broad, but creating
> five different posts for ba
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Alex wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Regarding attaching files in Thunderbird...
>
> This worked, but creating a bookmark didn't, unless I'm doing it wrong.
>
> The bookmarks to two network shares appear when in Nautilus, but not
> in Thunderbird.
>
No, that's consistent with wh
es to the
>> question you're asking. "General Desktop Questions" is an
>> un-informative subject line. Many people may have passed it over just
>> for that reason.
e.g. I did.
>
> For example, in Windows Firefox I can type a Google search term in the
> loc
;m only now trying Linux on the
desktop for the first time in quite a few years, after having given up
on it many years ago do to lack of the functionality I needed.
Perhaps "General Desktop Questions" is a bit too broad, but creating
five different posts for basic questions about the des
Hi,
Regarding attaching files in Thunderbird...
> You can find the files through the Thunderbird Attach menu option by
> browsing to your home folder (/home/alex, for example) and searching
> for the .gvfs directory. You may need to hit Ctrl-H to show hidden
> files in the dialog or Ctrl-L to edi
Alex:
I don't have the answers to your questions, but a couple suggestions
on how you might increase your chances of getting the right answers:
1. Post a new message to the list with a subject that relates to the
question you're asking. "General Desktop Questions" is an
un
Hi,
>> - How can I change the highlighting of text using the mouse in a
>> Terminal to automatically copy without having to right-click then
>> Copy, and paste automatically by clicking the right-mouse button,
>> similar to how putty works?
>
> Almost all X applications handle fast-paste, a simple
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Alex wrote:
>
> Apparently when I connected to the samba share through Nautilus it
> didn't make it persistent across a reboot. How can I configure
> Nautilus to mount the share permanently? It didn't seem to be an
> obvious option.
>
There's more than one answer,
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Alex wrote:
> Apparently when I connected to the samba share through Nautilus it
> didn't make it persistent across a reboot. How can I configure
> Nautilus to mount the share permanently? It didn't seem to be an
> obvious option.
>
Maybe if you tick "Add bookmark
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:27 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
>
> You can find the files through the Thunderbird Attach menu option by
> browsing to your home folder (/home/alex, for example) and searching
> for the .gvfs directory. You may need to hit Ctrl-H to show hidden
> files in the dialog or Ctrl-L to
Hi,
> You can find the files through the Thunderbird Attach menu option by
> browsing to your home folder (/home/alex, for example) and searching
> for the .gvfs directory. You may need to hit Ctrl-H to show hidden
> files in the dialog or Ctrl-L to edit the path. You can then navigate
> to /home/
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Alex wrote:
>
> - How can I attach a file to an email in Thunderbird that is on a
> samba share? I've mounted the share in the file browser, then dragged
> it over to the email, but Thunderbird responds with a permission
> denied type of error, like the file either
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
>
> If you want it for other tasks, you need to get the key file name (you
> can usually see these under "details" when you're prompted for root's
> password for authentication. When you have them, just add them to the
> "Action" entry separated
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Alex wrote:
>
> - How can I change the highlighting of text using the mouse in a
> Terminal to automatically copy without having to right-click then
> Copy, and paste automatically by clicking the right-mouse button,
> similar to how putty works?
This is automati
On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 21:47 -0400, Alex wrote:
> - How can I change the highlighting of text using the mouse in a
> Terminal to automatically copy without having to right-click then
> Copy, and paste automatically by clicking the right-mouse button,
> similar to how putty works?
Almost all X appli
Hi,
I have few questions about how to accomplish some things on the
desktop, and hoped someone could help.
- How can I change the highlighting of text using the mouse in a
Terminal to automatically copy without having to right-click then
Copy, and paste automatically by clicking the right-mouse
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