Yes, a bug, but perhaps in Ubuntu and its derivatives rather than GnuCash, or 
perhaps the Ubuntu package. Using a Debian Stable VM in the GnuCash File>Open 
dialog, when I select "Computer" from "Other Locations" I get a full listing of 
my root directory and have no trouble navigating the /media directory.

If I mount a USB drive it shows up as its own item in the sidebar which, when 
selected, reveals its path as /media/john/74AB-2AA0. I can navigate to that 
path starting from the root directory as well as use the sidebar item.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Jul 27, 2018, at 8:55 AM, Adrien Monteleone 
> <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
> Yep, a bug for sure. I’m curious why GC creates its own file/print dialogs 
> when they could instead call the native OS dialogs. To me, that’s the bug and 
> the problem in this thread would also be solved. It’s also less code to 
> maintain.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
>> On Jul 26, 2018, at 6:06 PM, DaveC49 <davidcous...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Adrien, David,
>> 
>> The same issue occurs in Linux Mint 19(Tara) which is Ubuntu 18.04 based.
>> Nemo (file explorer)  can see the mounted USB stick and access it directly
>> or via the /media/<user>/ mount point for the device but the Gnucash file
>> open dialog neither sees the USB stick or /media/<user>/ mount point when
>> you click on other locations. It only lists a restricted set of the
>> directories under / by comparison with what can be accessed from Nemo. Not
>> being able to access the /media mount points would qualify as a bug.
>> 
>> On LM19 /media has 755 permissions, the user directory under it has 750 and
>> the mounted USB stick has 755 permissions. 
>> 
>> The file->Open dialog in LibreOffice which looks to be a similar GTK3 dialog
>> does display the USB stick in the sidebar and it sees all the directories
>> under / as well as any networked locations which don't show up in GnuCash
>> either.
>> 
>> if no-one has already filked a bug i will put one in later today.
>> 
>> David Cousens
>> 
>> 
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