I've been using the below workaround for some years - it works even better with a startup script to mount network drives from bookmarked items
grep smb:// ~/.gtk-bookmarks|cut -d ' ' -f 1|xargs gvfs-mount but -its still a workaround and really needs a fix in firefox's file browser To help users I also put a shortcut on their desktop eg /home/username/Desktop/Network -> /home/username/.gvfs/ which can then be navigated to within the firefox file browser GaryP On Fri, 2012-11-02 at 17:40 +0000, kyle renfrow wrote: > Hey guys, > > If you are stuck on this, the solution is GVFS. > > The way GVFS works is, it creates a folder in ~/.gvfs which behaves like > a local filesystem to enable access to all applications that don't > support network shares. > > (my specs: ubuntu 12.04 - firefox 16.x) > > This process will require that you remount your network drives after > installing GVFS so they're accessible. > > 1) Remove all bookmarks to your network share(s). > 2) Unmount your network share(s) by clicking the eject icon next to it in the > device list in the sidebar of Nautilus. > 3) Install GVFS support to enable firefox access to your network shares: > `sudo apt-get install firefox-gnome-support` > 4) RESTART COMPUTER > 5) Remount network share(s). > 6) Open Firefox and navigate to the page where you were trying to upload. > Once open, navigate to to your home folder. If hidden files aren't already > visible, right click and select 'Show Hidden Files'. Now, SINGLE click > (highlight) the .gvfs folder. Once highlighted, in the bottom right hand > corner click the green '+' to add a bookmark to this folder. It's important > you bookmark the main .gvfs folder and not any sub-folders as they will also > disappear from the list as do your normal network shares. Once added you can > rename the bookmark to 'network shares' or whatever you like. > > You should be all set to access your network drives now. > > NOTE: You can recreate your regular bookmark to the network share to use > as normal with Nautilus and other applications that support network > shares. > > NOTE: The network share will not show up in the .gvfs folder until you > have connected to the share. This means on a fresh reboot that folder > will be empty. Simply open the network share up via Nautilus to create > the session and it'll then be available in the .gvfs folder. > > FYI, this package is something I will be installing by default on new > Ubuntu setups in the future. Although, along with everybody else, I > prefer that Firefox resolve this entirely by simply adding support for > network shares! Plz! > > Feel free to email me any questions: frow05 [ a t ] gmail [dot] com > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/31471 Title: Firefox file selector should show remote shares To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/31471/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
