[ubuntu-za] ubuntu-za Digest, Vol 163, Issue 3

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> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 19:48:54 +0200
> From: Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com>
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Nautilus double click doesn't work.
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> Hi Frans,
>
> 1. Yes and No - exactly the same thing happens when I right click and chose
> the default application. When I chose 'Open with other application'  and
> chose the default application from the list, it works. (Thanks, I did not
> know this until your message made me try!)
>
> 2. Not sure how to delete the settings. In fact, Nautilus seems to give me
> very few options to do anything.
>
> Thanks,
>   Bill
>
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 16:00, Frans de waal <meesterarend at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, 10:32 Bill Cairns, <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I have recently re-installed 18.03 (having tried some other
> distributions
> >> and deciding to go back to the devil I at least used to know).
> Everything
> >> looks good except for two problems. The first (that my fstab changes
> won't
> >> let me declare my home folder on a different drive), I suspect is a
> >> hardware problem. (I can get round it by mounting my home folder
> manually).
> >>
> >> The second problem is a strange one though. When I am in Nautilus and
> >> double click on a file, it does not open. Instead the little wheel goes
> >> round and round like the bus going around the town and then disappears
> >> without the file being opened. (This seems to happen with all file
> types -
> >> images, documents, pdfs.)
> >>
> >> There is nothing wrong with the files. I can open them directly with the
> >> right application. I can also use Thunar (which I find a much friendlier
> >> file manager anyway, but which doesn't seem to work with Dropbox so
> well),
> >> and the files open fine.
> >>
> >> There are some old reports of this problem on the Internet - going back
> >> to 16.03 - but I can't find anything that looks like a solution.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any ideas?
> >>
> >> Bill
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> > I have a few ideas yes...
> >
> > In nautilus can you right click and choose a program to open the files?
> >
> > Have you deleted the settings before installing th OS, sometimes old
> > settings can cause problems as there are some version and setting changes
> > between different flavours.
> >
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> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 20:22:07 +0200
> From: Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com>
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Nautilus double click doesn't work.
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> Thanks Frans and Christiaan - I deleted the settings files and magically it
> seems to work again.
>
> On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 at 19:48, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Frans,
> >
> > 1. Yes and No - exactly the same thing happens when I right click and
> > chose the default application. When I chose 'Open with other application'
> > and chose the default application from the list, it works. (Thanks, I did
> > not know this until your message made me try!)
> >
> > 2. Not sure how to delete the settings. In fact, Nautilus seems to give
> me
> > very few options to do anything.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   Bill
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 16:00, Frans de waal <meesterarend at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, 10:32 Bill Cairns, <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have recently re-installed 18.03 (having tried some other
> >>> distributions and deciding to go back to the devil I at least used to
> >>> know). Everything looks good except for two problems. The first (that
> my
> >>> fstab changes won't let me declare my home folder on a different
> drive), I
> >>> suspect is a hardware problem. (I can get round it by mounting my home
> >>> folder manually).
> >>>
> >>> The second problem is a strange one though. When I am in Nautilus and
> >>> double click on a file, it does not open. Instead the little wheel goes
> >>> round and round like the bus going around the town and then disappears
> >>> without the file being opened. (This seems to happen with all file
> types -
> >>> images, documents, pdfs.)
> >>>
> >>> There is nothing wrong with the files. I can open them directly with
> the
> >>> right application. I can also use Thunar (which I find a much
> friendlier
> >>> file manager anyway, but which doesn't seem to work with Dropbox so
> well),
> >>> and the files open fine.
> >>>
> >>> There are some old reports of this problem on the Internet - going back
> >>> to 16.03 - but I can't find anything that looks like a solution.
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone have any ideas?
> >>>
> >>> Bill
> >>> --
> >>> ubuntu-za mailing list
> >>> ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
> >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za
> >>
> >> I have a few ideas yes...
> >>
> >> In nautilus can you right click and choose a program to open the files?
> >>
> >> Have you deleted the settings before installing th OS, sometimes old
> >> settings can cause problems as there are some version and setting
> changes
> >> between different flavours.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >> ubuntu-za mailing list
> >> ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za
> >>
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