[Bug 23726] Re: Firefox won't allow changing download folder to nautilus mounted samba share

[Kent Lion]

Searching the Ubuntu site for "Cannot change to folder because it is not local", I found this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1172469.html
...which includes:

i found out how to play an audiocd with audacious per termial:
$audacious cdda://
but this doesn't really solve the problem.

Perhaps it didn't, but I tried it and it not only got Audacious to play
CDs, but the fact that I still can't access an audio CD using the file
open dialog stronly suggests to me that this particular problem is with
the file open dialog. Could it be that whoever wrote the file open
dialog "program" assumed that it would only be used to open data files,
and forgot to tell programmers who wanted to open something else that
they need to use a different file open routine?

Here are the command line messages generated by: audacious cdda://
amidi-plug(amidi-plug.c:amidiplug_init:97): init, read configuration
amidi-plug(i_backend.c:i_backend_load:107): loading backend '/usr/lib/audacious/Input/amidi-plug/ap-alsa.so'
amidi-plug(i_backend.c:i_backend_load:145): backend /usr/lib/audacious/Input/amidi-plug/ap-alsa.so (name 'alsa') successfully loaded
++ WARN: error in ioctl CDROMREADTOCHDR: No medium found

++ WARN: error in ioctl CDROMREADTOCHDR: No medium found

++ WARN: error in ioctl CDROMREADTOCHDR: No medium found

++ WARN: error in ioctl CDROMREADTOCHDR: No medium found

Checking /dev/scd1 for cdrom...
		CDROM sensed: PHILIPS  CDD4851 CD-R/RW  C2.8 SCSI CD-ROM

amidi-plug(i_backend.c:i_backend_unload:164): unloading backend 'alsa'
amidi-plug(i_backend.c:i_backend_unload:167): backend 'alsa' unloaded
LASTFM: (cleanup) Cleanup finished

Since the help provided by Audacious:
audacious --help-all
Usage:
  audacious [OPTION...] - play multimedia files

Help Options:
  -?, --help                      Show help options
  --help-all                      Show all help options
  --help-gtk                      Show GTK+ Options
  --help-sm-client                Show Session Management options

GTK+ Options
  --class=CLASS                   Program class as used by the window manager
  --name=NAME                     Program name as used by the window manager
  --screen=SCREEN                 X screen to use
  --sync                          Make X calls synchronous
  --gtk-module=MODULES            Load additional GTK+ modules
  --g-fatal-warnings              Make all warnings fatal

Session Management Options
  --sm-client-disable             Disable connection to session manager
  --sm-client-state-file=FILE     Specify file containing saved configuration
  --sm-client-id=ID               Specify session management ID

Application Options:
  -r, --rew                       Skip backwards in playlist
  -p, --play                      Start playing current playlist
  -u, --pause                     Pause current song
  -s, --stop                      Stop current song
  -t, --play-pause                Pause if playing, play otherwise
  -f, --fwd                       Skip forward in playlist
  -j, --show-jump-box             Display Jump to File dialog
  -e, --enqueue                   Don't clear the playlist
  -E, --enqueue-to-temp           Add new files to a temporary playlist
  -m, --show-main-window          Display the main window
  -a, --activate                  Display all open Audacious windows
  -H, --headless                  Enable headless operation
  -N, --no-log                    Print all errors and warnings to stdout
  -v, --version                   Show version
  --display=DISPLAY               X display to use

...gives absolutely no clue as to the meaning of the command line
option(s) "cdda://", either Audacious help is missing something, or it's
ignoring most of the "options(s)". I will have to experiment by trying
the command with only parts of "cdda://", and if I execute commands that
resulted from "audacious cdda://", perhaps I'll be able to figure out
how to get Audacious to play CDs reliably without using that file
selection dialog.

So, to get this problem to the right place, I suggest going to the
people who developed the file open routine used by Audacious (and
probably FireFox, Thunderbird, and who-knows-what-else.

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Firefox won't allow changing download folder to nautilus mounted samba share
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