[ubuntu-za] ubuntu-za Digest, Vol 163, Issue 4

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> >    1. Re:  Nautilus double click doesn't work. (Bill Cairns)
> >    2. Re:  Nautilus double click doesn't work. (Bill Cairns)
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> > Message: 1
> > 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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> > Message: 2
> > 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
> > >>> --
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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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