Questions tagged [nautilus]
Nautilus (also known as GNOME Files) is the default file manager for Ubuntu and as such is used to manage files and folders. Nautilus is called "Files" by default on Ubuntu.
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Can I make nautilus launch Different directory than /home [duplicate]
When we click on nautilus icon, it by default launches /home directory which is pretty much useless for me as I do not save anything in /home partition. Can I make it launch something else, like /...
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nautilus crashing?
I've been having an issue for a few months with Nautilus crashing in Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS. Everything will work fine for a few days, and then suddenly I get a bug report error stating that Nautilus ...
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Nautilus won't connect to server
I'm using Nautilus and trying to connect via sftp. When I go to "Other Locations" it shows my other hard drives, but under networks the mouse is just spinning like Nautilus is loading. I have no idea ...
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delete process started by mistake and stopped. What happened to the files?
I have accidentally started a delete process for a huge folder on a remote machine (a cluster running linux) on which I navigate the folders/access the files via Nautilus through the command "Connect ...
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Can I resize multiple images in a directory to 160x160 at once? [duplicate]
I want to resize multiple images that are stored in multiple sub folders in a directory. And I want to replace those images with resized ones by deleting the original ones
Why?
I’ve folder icons for ...
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Nautilus isn't minimizing but opening a new session every time the icon is clicked
To clarify, when I click an icon in plank it opens a window of the respective app. If I click that icon again it gets minimized like it should. But when I do the same with Nautilus it opens up a new ...
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How to keep a link to a folder after restart?
I created a link to a folder of another partition in my computer and then restarted it. When Ubuntu started, my folder link has turned into a plain document and when I try to open it, it says: "The ...
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How to customize nautilus files view in Ubuntu 17.04?
I want all Nautilus windows/folders to show file listings the same customized way.
On Windows I'd simply configure a single folder like I want, open options, click "set all folders like this one" (or ...
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Add a custom icon zoom level
In Ubuntu's 14.04 file explorer in "Edit > Preferences" it is possible to change icon size under "Icon View Defaults". Zoom level options are: 33%, 50%, 66%, 100%, 150%, 200%, 400%.
Is there any way ...
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Enable Recent files icon in the sidebar of File explorer
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 15.10 to 16.04.2 LTS.
This is a sample image of file explorer before upgrade. As you can see there is an icon for recently used files in the sidebar.
Now have a look ...
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File Manager showing different behaviour when opened as root and as a normal user
When I open my file manager on (Ubuntu 16.04, GNOME3 DE) normally as in (nautilus or xdg-open "directory name" I get a very messed up layout (rendering problem I guess, Ctrl+L also doesn't work to see/...
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Smart SVN opens instead of Nautilus when click on a file system folder in dash or wherever under Ubuntu 16.04
The problem is that when I click on a folder in dash or in cairo-dock I get Smart SVN up instead of Nautilus.
How to resolve this annoying thing?
I tried those suggestions but with no success.
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Change folder icon of multiple folders, Music albums [duplicate]
To change the folder icon all you have to do is right click on a folder, select Properties, click on the folder icon, navigate to choose folder icon, select it and done!
But if you have to do it on ...
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How do I add a refresh option in the right click menu in Ubuntu 16.04?
I'd like to have an option on the right-click menu to refresh Nautilus.
How can I achieve that?
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Drag and drop not working in 16.04 LTS
Drag-and-drop is not working under various contexts in 16.04 LTS on my machine. When I start dragging a file, "hand" icon appears, but then when I hover over another window,and release, nothing ...
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Nautilus interactive search activated only after typing second letter
I use Nautilus 3.22.1 in Ubuntu 17.04.
When I type a search word, the search text box appears without taking into account first letter of my word. So I have to type twice first letter, which is not ...
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Can't open folders/files on my system
I am unable to open any files/folders on my system. I was getting lots of errors while opening nautilus and I entered the following command based on this.
sudo killall nautilus && (nautilus &...
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Nautilus - no support for hard links?
I finally got round to studying and understanding hard links in my quest to check I have understood the basics, of which I have managed to skip a lot of. After realizing how brilliant they are, I ...
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How do I hide the loop partitions in Nautilus created by Snap app?
I've a lot of partitions named loop they're likely created by a snap app called Anbox, I could care less about lopp0 to loop4 but the partition named loop5 which is mounted at /media/sumeet/disk ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS GUI (Unity?) Files has 5 directories I don't understand [duplicate]
I have a pretty basic installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. When I go to the launcher and select FILES a new screen opens. It has two parts to show some of the tree. In the left sidebar are five ...
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16.04 Desktop folder icon resize
Since upgrading to 16.04 my folders on the desktop and icons in the file manager (nautilus) have grown to ridiculous proportions. I have managed to resize the pdf files on the desktop and can use the ...
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Is it possible to set the default icon size smaller than the lowest nautilus value [duplicate]
I am trying to set the default desktop icon size to a really small value, because the small option in org->gnome->nautilus->icon-view (dconf editor) is still too large for my taste.
Is is ...
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Nautilus start from command line
Fresh install Ubuntu 16.04. Starting nautilus from command line produces several errors/warnings:
(nautilus:6169): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_interface_skeleton_unexport: assertion 'interface_->...
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Disable Icon Highlight on Click [duplicate]
When I single-click on a folder or file on the desktop, it is highlighted in orange.
How can I either disable the highlighting or change the colour to a transparent one?
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Folder icon doesnt show for non-root user
I recently asked this question on ow to change default folder icons within Gnome's Nautilus file browser, which was all good and worked perfectly well.
I've since created new folder svg's and ...
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Bad interpreter: no such file or directory [duplicate]
So I need to run one script, and I just drag & drop it to console, but console outputs this error:
matas@H81M-D2V:~/Desktop/gui$ '/home/matas/Desktop/gui/load.sh'
bash: /home/matas/Desktop/gui/...
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Symlinks no longer recognised as standard home subfolders
When I first set up my machine, I mounted my NTFS Windows partition as /windows. I symlinked my home data folders to a subfolder on that mount. For example,
ln -dsf "/windows/Data/Downloads/" ...
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Can I make nautilus show book covers as thumbnails for Epub files?
The Problem
Can I make nautilus show thumbnails of book covers for files in .epub format?
It shows thumbnails for pdf files but not .epub. Is this achievable by adding a thumbnailer?
Each of these ....
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How to change the fileupload dialog files view?
I'm a new Ubuntu user. I noticed that, when I'm using the browser and want to upload a file, I see something like this:
I wanted to know if I could change the view of these files, instead of a list-...
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nautilus doesn't start under heavy load
When my system running Ubuntu 14.04 is under a heavy load (for instance a long video encode) nautilus fails to start. I've seen this similar question: Nautilus occasionally stops working
But although ...
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Exit file manager when any key press in ubuntu (segmentation fault)
I am using Ubuntu 14.04. Now, my file manager is closed on any key pressed so that I can't even do any operation with shortcut like ctrl+c, ctrl+v, etc. But, There is no problem when I open nautilus ...
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Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 Nautilus local search
I used to use search by keyboard in Nautilus for quickly selecting folder in directory by just imputing the first few letters. However in Ubuntu gnome this function is replaced by a global search. Is ...
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How can I install nautilus in Kubuntu 17.04?
I recently switched to Kubuntu 17.04 it's amazing but I didn't like dolphin (file manager that comes with KDE suite), so I tried to install Nautilus by doing This
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-...
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Ubuntu experiences an internal error every time I log in (Going on for a few months now, not sure why)
I built a PC and installed Ubuntu 16 on it. Every time I log in I get the same internal error.
Sorry, Ubuntu 17.04 has experienced an internal error
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
ProblemType: ...
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Bugs in Ubuntu 17.04, looks weird and Nautilus crashes
Guys I upgraded my ubuntu from 16.04 to 17.04 and I am having this problem. My desktop icons are missing, nautilus crashes everytime, I cant open the files since the files window is closing after a ...
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My video (.mkv) thumbnails are green (or monochromatic)?
When I installed Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 thumbnails for .mkv were not showing up at all, Then it automatically got fixed, now it's generating the Thumbnails but as weird as it may sound, they're all green (...
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Mkv thumbnails are not generating at all
After updating to Ubuntu 17.04 my .mkv files aren't showing any thumbnails
What have I tried so far?
Installed ubuntu-restricted-extras that didn't work.
Rebooted after installing ubuntu-restricted-...
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Change all general folder / directory icons
I'm looking to change all my folder icons. This post describes something similar.
However, I want to change the default folder icon. For example, if I create a new directory, I want the folder icon ...
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Cannot rename files or folders in Nautilus
As of today I'm facing this behavior in Ubuntu 16.04 Nautilus:
I create a new file/folder by right clicking in Nautilus "New Folder".
When I focus the folder name to edit it, the focus gets lost and ...
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How to remove Google Drive Ubuntu?
I made my biggest mistake of my life and installed google drive on Ubuntu. Now I cannot uninstall it anymore.
- I uninstalled the google drive package:
sudo apt-get remove grive-tools
sudo apt-add-...
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nautilus behaves differently when typing text than before
Usually when i was inside a folder (nautilus) and just typed something in, a small textbox would popup at the bottom right and it would highlight the file that matches that string.
Now when i type ...
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Graphical glitch in nautilus when dragging icons
I've looked around on the internet for similar issues, but haven't found anything. This is an issue that affects both my laptop and desktop (both on Ubuntu 17.04). The glitch is that when I drag a ...
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Strange black borders around buttons in toolbar after upgrading to Ubuntu 17.04
Yesterday I upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 17.04. Everything seemed fine until I opened the file manager. There are strange black borders around the buttons at the upper left corner, and the folders ...
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Desktop doesn't show the files and nautilus don't launch
After updating the system from 16.04 to 16.10, desktop doesn't show the files, and nautilus launches but closes after 1 sec.
This is the error message from terminal:
(nautilus:6577): Gtk-WARNING **: ...
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How to add my partitions to home folder side panel?
I'm using ubuntu 16.10. I can't see my partitions on my left side bar in home folder. someone help me with simple process.
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Pack symbols for files/folders in Nautilus more tightly
I don't like that Nautilus wastes so much screen space by keeping its symbols for files/folders far apart.
This screenshot and the modification of it I quickly made with Gimp shows that you can save ...
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Unity desktop doesn't work, only wallpaper and launcher
My Unity desktop doesn't work after nautilus update. Desktop don't show icon and doesn't do anything on click and right-click.
I tried this: Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
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When I type sudo -i nautilus, nautilus opens and shows an error
After launching nautilus with sudo -i nautilus it opens and shows this message:
Oops! unable to create the required folder.
Please create the folder or set permission to create the folder: /root/....
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How can I make the sidebar-width the default?
I want resize the sidebar-width to the default.
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I formatted a USB drive and now it says the destination is read only [duplicate]
The Problem
It was a bootable Ubuntu USB drive at first I tried to format it using Nautilus it didn't work, then i simply deleted the partition using Gparted and created a new FAT32 partition. but ...