That is because Gedit in Hardy isn't using GIO. It was ported to GIO for Intrepid, and this works correctly now. In the meantime on Hardy, you can use the GVFS fuse mount-point for your sftp locations, by navigating to ~/.gvfs
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- Difficulties opening remote files (vfs) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/318949 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs