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Re: ubuntu-za Digest, Vol 163, Issue 3 (Muriel Argent) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:24:33 +0200 From: Muriel Argent <<a href="mailto:jmm.argent@gmail.com" target="_blank">jmm.argent@gmail.com</a>> To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] ubuntu-za Digest, Vol 163, Issue 3 Message-ID: <CAABKukLg2wEF9wPszKnDhaNjm=<a href="mailto:gZpzyM0gRCTW%2BzOR0KikKKjw@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">gZpzyM0gRCTW+zOR0KikKKjw@mail.gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" *Please Unsubscribe me.* I've tried doing so via the link in your email, doesn't work. *Muriel Gravenor* SA: +27 74 110 1828 *<a href="http://murielgravenor.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">murielgravenor.com</a>* <<a href="https://murielgravenor.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://murielgravenor.com</a>> On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 at 14:00, <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-za-request@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: > Send ubuntu-za mailing list submissions to > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za-request@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za-owner@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za-owner@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-za digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Nautilus double click doesn't work. (Bill Cairns) > 2. Re: Nautilus double click doesn't work. (Bill Cairns) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 19:48:54 +0200 > From: Bill Cairns <<a href="mailto:cairnsww@gmail.com" target="_blank">cairnsww@gmail.com</a>> > To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Nautilus double click doesn't work. > Message-ID: > <CAH4fFEkZ= > <a href="mailto:Y_MjcO-0NmFn%2B4J0dCoDHGQqL_XuZKVLgZZD0Fi6A@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">Y_MjcO-0NmFn+4J0dCoDHGQqL_XuZKVLgZZD0Fi6A@mail.gmail.com</a>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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 <<a href="mailto:meesterarend@gmail.com" target="_blank">meesterarend@gmail.com</a>> > wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, 10:32 Bill Cairns, <<a href="mailto:cairnsww@gmail.com" target="_blank">cairnsww@gmail.com</a>> 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 > >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a> > > > > 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 > > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a> > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/attachments/20191120/4392bd91/attachment-0001.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/attachments/20191120/4392bd91/attachment-0001.html</a> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 20:22:07 +0200 > From: Bill Cairns <<a href="mailto:cairnsww@gmail.com" target="_blank">cairnsww@gmail.com</a>> > To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Nautilus double click doesn't work. > Message-ID: > < > <a href="mailto:CAH4fFEn6vvTfYJ3jmdVGWy-74r7EwX-zSQhNgzT3ZLFwnNnTKg@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">CAH4fFEn6vvTfYJ3jmdVGWy-74r7EwX-zSQhNgzT3ZLFwnNnTKg@mail.gmail.com</a>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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 <<a href="mailto:cairnsww@gmail.com" target="_blank">cairnsww@gmail.com</a>> 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 <<a href="mailto:meesterarend@gmail.com" target="_blank">meesterarend@gmail.com</a>> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, 10:32 Bill Cairns, <<a href="mailto:cairnsww@gmail.com" target="_blank">cairnsww@gmail.com</a>> 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 > >>> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > >>> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a> > >> > >> 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 > >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a> > >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/attachments/20191120/f69bcf9c/attachment-0001.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/attachments/20191120/f69bcf9c/attachment-0001.html</a> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > -- > ubuntu-za mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a> > > > ------------------------------ > > End of ubuntu-za Digest, Vol 163, Issue 3 > ***************************************** > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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