Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:55:16 +0200 From: Alexander Konovalenko <kono@kth.se> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> Cc: freebsd-mozilla@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gtk file chooser weirdness in linux-firefox Message-ID: <200608160955.17621.kono@kth.se> In-Reply-To: <20060816002254.3d6f0ecd@Magellan.Leidinger.net> References: <200608151647.32496.kono@kth.se> <200608151901.17564.kono@kth.se> <20060816002254.3d6f0ecd@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
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On Wednesday 16 August 2006 00:22, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting Alexander Konovalenko <kono@kth.se> (Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:01:17 +0200): > > On Tuesday 15 August 2006 15:19, Stanislav Sedov wrote: > > > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:47:31 +0200 > > > > > > Alexander Konovalenko <kono@kth.se> mentioned: > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > For a long time I am experiencing weird problem when trying to choose > > > > file from File->Open_File or when I want to change "download > > > > action/helper application" in the preferences. The problem is that > > > > GTK file chooser does not list all files in the selected directory. > > > > > > > > Check it out here: > > > > http://daemon.nanophys.kth.se/~kono/buggy_file_chooser.png > > > > > > > > So some GTK library want to convince me that in /usr/X11R6/bin > > > > folder there are only three files? there are 539! > > > > > > > > I tried to right-click and activate hidden files in the chooser, > > > > tried from the root account, no luck. > > > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > That's because Linux apps access files rooted in /compat/linux first, > > > and only falls back if file isn't found. So firefox merely lists > > > contents of /compat/linux/usr/X11R6, not /usr/X11R6. > > > > ok, you are right, but in /usr/compat/linux there is no home folder for > > example, however file chooser of linux-firefox shows it together with > > other folders from FreeBSD root folder. Isn't it weird to mix folders > > from /usr/compat/linux and / ? Is there any configuration of this? > > No, there's no config of this. The linuxolator depends upon this > behavior. Without it it it either couldn't find the linux libs, or you > aren't able to access your files with the native path. > > If you need to access a file which isn't visible, you just have to type > in the full name. This way you aren't able to access a file which is > also available with different content but the same name > in /compat/linux, and you aren't able to browse with the mouse, but you > can at least access it. > > > And how to jump to the real / folder from linux-app file chooser > > (currently I just created a soft link to it)? There is button called > > "Filesystems" but that does not go to freebsd /. > > There's no way to go to see the real / (except you do a null mount to > somewhere else or something like this). > > Bye, > Alexander. thanks for clarifying. /Alexander Konovalenko
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