Thank you for the details on that, it does open the dialog about external changes on my box but does open the "Could not save the file ..." one, I've forwarded it upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336738
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #34813 http://bugzilla.gnome.org//show_bug.cgi?id=34813 ** Also affects: gedit (upstream) via http://bugzilla.gnome.org//show_bug.cgi?id=34813 Severity: Unknown Priority: Unknown Status: Unknown -- gedit fails to save files over smbfs/cifs https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/34813 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs