Nautilus is the default file manager for Ubuntu.
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Is Nautilus reporting wrong free space?
I have 87.2 GB left as shown by PCMANFM, but Nautilus shows only 81.3 GB, why is that, i've been using SHIFT+DEL to remove files so, i don't know why is this happening.
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How to move files into /usr/bin in Nautilus without getting permission errors
I'm trying to move some files into /usr/bin in Nautilus but I'm getting permission errors. I know I can do it via the terminal using sudo but how can I do it in Nautilus? I would expect it to popup a ...
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How to escape spaces in .desktop files Exec line
I want to make a .desktop file like described here.
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sublime Text 2
GenericName=Sublime Text 2
Comment=Edit text files
Exec=/home/user/opt/sublime/Sublime Text 2/sublime_text %U
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Nautilus Advanced Features
I'm using nautilus as file manager for local and remote ftp files.
I'm interested in some advanced features and how they can be achieved.
Default extra pane.
Synchronised browsing between two ...
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Nautilus sort order with ls
I am creating image sprites and have neatly named around 100 files. I am using the following to generate an image sprite from individual images:
convert $(ls -w 1000) +append sprite.png
I have just ...
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Get location of “true” GVFS path from Nautilus
I mount my Samba shares through Nautilus. I know that, behind the scenes, the share is fuse-mounted and Nautilus somehow does the translation between smb:// URLs and the actual location in the file ...
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Nautilus is really slow
Nautilus used to be lightning fast.Now it's dead slow.
I have tried upgrading the video card but that does not seem to be the problem.
Also I found that there was a problem with the Dropbox ...
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How do I disable USB Auto Play?
How does one prevent Nautilus from automatically opening a window when a USB flash drive is inserted in Oneiric?
The autoplay options appear to be missing from Nautilus' preferences, and using ...
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How do I change a specific file type Icon in Nautilus?
How can I change a specific file type icon on Unity for example .css .php files icon?
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Various issues linked to my CD drive, when it has a disc in it
When I go to the Desktop and click on a media icon (for my flash drive, a CD, whatever it is), the following problems occur, in this approximate sequence:
Nautilus will close if it's open.
the ...
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How to add bookmark to Nautilus 3.6?
I updated the Nautilus to 3.6 in Ubuntu 12.10, but I didn't find the how to add my folder to "Bookmark" section.
If I press "ctrl+B", it show the list of bookmarks, but I can't add any. I can't drag ...
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ubuntu 12.10 The location is not a folder [duplicate]
i just upgraded my Ubuntu to 12.10 and i noticed that i get this message The location is not a folder whenever i try to access a mounted media (USB or even my other partitions). I am now unable to ...
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unity home quicklist not working when nautilus is closed
if nautilus is closed and I right-click on the launcher icon only the tab "Open in a new window" appears.
Quicklist of the launcher home button is working with all my bookmarks only when nautilus is ...
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How do I set Nautilus to Default view?
Using Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit system.
After playing around the Viewing settings for a while i ended up with view like this
Under Default view the name should be under the icon.
Even after selecting ...
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nautilus exiting with segmentation fault after upgrade [closed]
I upgraded to UBuntu 11.10 yesterday from 11.04. Everything went smoothly except the fact that nautilus wont start anymore. It exits with a segmentation fault. Any idea how to stop this from ...
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Can the Nautilus Properties page show size in bytes for multiple-selects, and for directories?
In Nautilus, the Properties of a single item shows the size as:
a value rounded to one decimal place... nn.n KB, MB, GB...
followed by an exact byte count
For non-single items, Nautilus onlys show ...
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nautilus theme problem in 12.04
I have encountered a strange theme problem since I updated to 12.04 some days ago: Nautilus needs some extra treatment after every login in order to obey the theme. It concerns every user. After every ...
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Nautilus Opens Devices on Every Log in [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Disable auto-opening nautilus window after auto-mount
Each and every time I log in to Ubuntu 12.10 Nautilus opens and opens my two mounted hard drives in devices, one ...
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Where did “Show_Advanced_Permissions” gconf-editor setting go?
I find the default display of "Permissions" in nautilus (when viewing properties of a folder/file) difficult to use.
To solve this, I always used gconf-editor in 10.04 to change to the following:
...
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how can I prevent nautilus from running when I plug in a USB stick?
I run XFCE4 on Ubuntu 11.10.
When I plug in a USB memory stick, I get two new windows popping up, both showing the contents of the memory stick. One is Thunar (which I want) and one is nautilus ...
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Nautilus: “Cannot load supported server method list. Please check your gvfs installation”
I was trying to connect to a sftp server using Nautilus... but I could not as it showed this error:
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How do I change how executable files are handled by the file manager?
When I double click on text files, nautilus asks me what I would like to do with them. I find this to be intrusive, as I just want them to open.
How can I fix this?
Note:
This question is a ...
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Sort files on the filesystem
My MP3 player plays files in the order they have been placed onto the filesystem. Now it seems to Nautilus copies files in some random order, so when listening to an audio book or something I get all ...
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Random files (invalid encoding) appearing in home directory
There are various files with random names
This is a recent issue, but I'm not sure how it's happened.
The only new install on my system was remmina and I've been playing around a lot with screenlets ...
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How to configure Movie Player (totem) to append to playlist instead of replacing it
For instance, a right-click on media files in Nautilus could offer a "Add to media player playlist" entry.
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How to enable Nautilus mounted remote shares in a file system dialog
I can see the remote share from nautilus and browse to it. I want to access that share from another application in this case, Eclipse - which is using the standard open file dialog.
Is there a ...
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How to auto-expand ALL sub-directory levels in Nautilus tree view, via the keyboard?
In Nautilus tree-view, pressing * (asterisk) expands the selected directory structure by ONE level.
Pressing * again will expand the structure by one more level.
...etc, etc, untl all levels are ...
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How can I change which programs are listed in the context menus for files in Nautilus?
I'd like to know how to change some entries makes in 'second button list', that list of programs associated with a file icon.
Some I would like to remove and others I would like to put in.
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How to achieve List/Tree view in Nautilus? [duplicate]
How to achieve List/Tree view in Nautilus like the following screenshot?
Cant find information about this.
ps
Im using Ubuntu Remix with pure Gnome 3, and last version of Nautilus.
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copying files to usb stick never finished
I tried to copy 3.3GB iso file into a 64GB usb stick, the progress bar show completed but the copying operation windows doesn't closed after almost an hour now and still hanging not closed.
I'm using ...
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Nautilus bookmarks do not appear at all [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Bookmarks in nautilus only in menu, not in the shortcut tab
On my latest Ubuntu install, using version 12.04, my bookmarks are not there.
I can ctrl+d to add bookmarks, ...
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FTP via Nautilus - can not paste files [closed]
I set ftp-bookmarks in nautilus this way:
Menu -> GoTo -> Place
in input typed: ftp://username@serveradress.de
after connection and mounting succeed Menu -> Bookmarks -> Add
This works great in ...
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Why does “~” folder in my home directory keep reappearing?
I noticed there is a folder titled "~" - no quotes, in my home directory. If I delete it, it instantly reappears. Why is this there and how can I make it go away?
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Nautilus Folders Turned Chinese
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with GNOME Shell 3.4. I've been having problems with language settings being changed to Chinese (i.imgur.com/GR2rn.png). I have fixed the problem of menus and ...
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Cannot set custom shortcut using can-change-accels in Nautilus [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Assigning shortcuts (accelerators) to Nautilus 3
Just upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 and enabled in dconf -> org->gnome->desktop->interface and enabled can-change-accels. But ...
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Can't copy files [closed]
When I right click on a file or folder the cut/copy options grey out. I tried using:
$ gksu nautilus
But when I tried to change the file permissions it just reverted back. Some times it says
Error ...
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How can I force the Nautilus sidebar text color to stay white in my Ambiance modification?
This is related to How can I change the color of the pane separator for my Ambiance theme modification?, which has just been solved. Now I have a new issue.
As shown below, the text color for the ...
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Where to configure shortcut keys of Nautilus?
I would like to configure and change some shortcut keys of Nautilus (file manager of Ubuntu). Does anyone know where I could do that?
Edit1: Precisely, initial binding for "go to parent folder" in ...
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Filter files in a folder?
How can you filter out files in a given folder by typing in characters into a "filter by" box? Is there a script or extension that will enable this functionality in Nautilus?
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Changing file type icons with Assogiate
I am Ubuntu 10.10 (64 bits) user and I would like know how to make Nautilus display a customized svg icon for all my latex files.
Searching for this information, I discovered that the program ...
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Icons on menus have disappeared
When i right click to bring up a menu, for example on the desktop, i have 'open terminal here' which i know should have a terminal icon next to this however it doesn't. Any ideas? I had a poke around ...
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Set default folders to external HDD permanently
I use an external hard drive for my videos and pictures. I've used Ubuntu Tweak to change the path of those two default folders to the folders on my external HDD. Getting to this point is no problem ...
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Should Nautilus search show results for tracker's tag?
I've indexed a part of my /home using Tracker. I know it is functioning correctly because using tracker-needle I can search for all the files/directory tagged with a particular tag.
However, if I ...
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Unable to change anything in Nautilus
I recently installed Gnome 3 and now I have found out that it has messed up with nautilus. The menu bar and the right click menu are completely devoid of options. Also, the icons look different. How ...
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Issues With Nautilus 3.6 after upgrading from v3.4 12.10
Ok,as my previous question is still unanswered I got another problem with nautilus in 12.10.
I recently upgraded nautilus 3.4 to 3.6.
What I am finding in version 3.6 is that it cannot save the ...
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Unable to sync to Ubuntu One after installing lxde and Nautilus
I've just installed ubuntu 12.04 and added lxde as well as Nautilus. The downloading of my stored files has just started, but I'm unable to sync new folders via right-clicking. How can I solve the ...
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Lirc, irxevent: Why doesn't it work with Nautilus?
I'm on Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity 3D and use a remote control via lirc. Everything works fine in applications like Firefox, Banshee, but when I focus Nautilus or Gedit any key which refers to ...
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How to fix broken GVFS package?
Since I have upgraded to Oneiric I have some issues with the GVFS package. Because of the fact that nautilus is not able to handle FTP-Connections anymore, I tried to reinstall gvfs-backends as ...
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Empty Nautilus Menus [closed]
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 Beta and encountered a strange thing using nautilus: The Edit and the View-Menus are simply empty.
Any Explanations or Fixes for that problem?
THanks in Advance
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How do I create a keyboard shortcut to load nautilus?
I want to set up a keyboard shortcut to load nautilus. I have loaded the Keyboard Shortcuts program, and created a custom shortcut with the command /usr/bin/nauilus. If I change this command to ...
