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Date:      Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:19:22 +0600
From:      Stanislav Sedov <ssedov@mbsd.msk.ru>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Cc:        kono@kth.se
Subject:   Re: gtk file chooser weirdness in linux-firefox
Message-ID:  <20060815191922.2ce53d25@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <200608151647.32496.kono@kth.se>
References:  <200608151647.32496.kono@kth.se>

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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:47:31 +0200
Alexander Konovalenko <kono@kth.se> mentioned:

> Hi!
>=20
> For a long time I am experiencing weird problem when trying to choose fil=
e=20
> from File->Open_File or when I want to change "download action/helper=20
> application" in the preferences. The problem is that GTK file chooser doe=
s=20
> not list all files in the selected directory.
>=20
> Check it out here: http://daemon.nanophys.kth.se/~kono/buggy_file_chooser=
.png
>=20
>  So some GTK library want to convince me that in /usr/X11R6/bin folder th=
ere=20
> are only three files? there are 539!
>=20
> I tried to right-click and activate hidden files in the chooser, tried fr=
om=20
> the root account, no luck.
>=20
> Any suggestions?
>=20

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.

>=20
> Currently I don't use freebsd natively build firefox because it's unstabl=
e.
>=20

I'm using it permanetly without any problem. What exactly you are
experiencing?

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