I also face this issue. I would expect the file chooser dialog to allow me to access network bookmarks (including mounting them if they are not mounted already). It's very annoying when you want to save a file on a network share from Firefox or Thunderbird : you have to save it locally, then transfer it with nautilus.
I found the following workarounds : - mount permanently the network locations in /etc/fstab : it works, but is not adapted to all situations. In my case, the server that hosts the network share is a standard PC, not a 24/7 server. So, if this PC is not up at startup time, the share is not mounted - add a bookmark for ~/.gvfs directory, as suggested by smonff : it appears in the file chooser, but is empty if the share is not mounted. So you have to mount it before - add a bookmark for ~/.gvfs AND install/configure the package gigolo : this software can automatically mount network shares. If you declare it as a startup application, it will try to connect every minute. See http://www.borpin.co.uk/2011/03/29/map-network-drive-in-ubuntu-again/ . It's still a workaround but it's the best I found so far. In any case, it would be much much easier to be able to open/save directly in a network bookmark. It is a frequent use case at home or in small organizations (several computers with shares to exchange data, but no central server) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304345 Title: File chooser dialog doesn't provide network access Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit: Confirmed Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: audacious Audacious cannot open files samba shares. Just like Gringotts and Firefox it cannot open (save) to network share. DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=intrepid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.10" ii audacious 1.5.1-3ubuntu1.1 small and fast audio player which supports To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk/+bug/304345/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
