some file dialogs never display anything

[Marcelo Magno T. Sales]

Em quarta-feira, 17 de outubro de 2012, às 07:24:37, D. R. Evans escreveu:
> D. R. Evans said the following at 10/12/2012 08:21 AM :
> > Using 64-bit Kubuntu precise with just the stock repositories.
> > 
> > A few programs have "open file" or "open directory" dialogs that never
> > populate the dialog, and the only thing I can do is to kill the program in
> > question and figure out some way to avoid opening that dialog.
> > 
> > Most programs (at least, the ones I use) work fine.
> > 
> > Example problemmatic programs: scribus, digikam (the "import" dialogs).
> > 
> > Any clues as to what the problem could be?
> 
> I didn't see any responses. Doesn't anyone have any ideas?
> 
> One additional piece of information: this did not happen before I upgraded
> to precise.

This happened to me a few weeks or months ago, but not anymore. I can't really 
remember what was causing the problem, but I think it had something to do with 
the directory the dialog was trying to show the contents of when it was 
opened, which was the last folder I had used from that application.
Do you know what directory the dialog is trying to show? Try to rename that 
directory so that the dialog opens in your home directory.
Sorry for being so vague, but I really don't remember how the problem was 
solved in my computer.

[]'s
Marcelo