There are GUI software to mount SMB shares. A long time ago, I tried LinNeighborhood. It's just a matter of the Linux distros integrating it and making it easy to use.
With regards to ~/.gvfs, Picasa does not scan hidden directory (those that starts with '.') because usually there's nothing of value in those directories. (i.e. nobody wants to scan ~/.mozilla/firefox/path/ profile/Cache) Can you try just adding a symlink to ~/.gvfs? i.e. ln - s ~/.gvfs ~/gvfs, and then you should be able to scan ~/gvfs. On Apr 18, 5:10 pm, lavallie <[email protected]> wrote: > A little bit more about what I learned today: > > I went to the Windows drive location and mounted that drive using > Dolphin, I then opened the file browser and that drive shows under > computer:///. > > And I searched for this location and found it listed under /home/ > user1/.gvfs/pictures on billvista > > But when I go to picasa, there is no way to find that directory. > There seems to be something missing in picasa. Shouldn't I be able to > point to anywhere on the system to find a file or folder??? It > appears to ASSuME where the files/pictures will be. > > Thanks for you help in advance. Sorry for the rant earlier but that > which should seem to be so simple has become so hard. > > Bill > > On Apr 18, 8:02 am, lavallie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > lement101, thanks for your response it was very enlightening. > > > I have to say though, that if I have to do ALL that just to make > > picasa work across the network, then Picas and ubuntu are not ready > > for prime-time. > > > Everyone has been telling me that ubuntu is ready for the average user > > (I am a computer reseller), No way is the average home user ready for > > this experience!! > > > You would think by now, of all the software that has been developed > > for this OS, somebody would have developed a GUI program that would > > just map a drive with out all the Hocus Pocus commands... > > > Bill > > > On Apr 17, 3:05 pm, lement101 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Mounting windows shared folders (Samba) is the best (and likely the > > > only) way this will work. Once you add the folder to /etc/fstab its > > > easy as pie. Try a couple online guides, I think you'll figure it out > > > >http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280473https://help.ubuntu.co... > > > > On Apr 16, 8:53 am, lavallie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Sorry but does anyone have any other ideas how to make picassa work > > > > across the network to other drives? > > > > > Tks > > > > > On Apr 14, 8:56 pm, lavallie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for the response leiz. > > > > > > Sorry but I am new to UB and I guess I am not doing the sudo mount > > > > > right. > > > > > > The drive, when using Dolphin is at smb://b...@billvista/E/Pictures. > > > > > How I work that into the sudo mount - I guess I am missing something. > > > > > > I tried > > > > > > sudo mount -t cifs //b...@billvista/E/Pictures > > > > > sudo mount -t cifs //billvista/E/Pictures > > > > > > In case you haven't guessed, I am totally new to Lynux. > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > On Apr 14, 11:29 am, leiz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > It sounds like you're accessing your SMB shares via GVFS. Picasa > > > > > > does > > > > > > not support that unfortunately. > > > > > > > If you mount your SMB shares, i.e. sudo mount -t cifs //HOST/Share / > > > > > > path/to/mount_point, then Picasa can see your SMB shares. > > > > > > > On Apr 14, 7:33 am, lavallie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I am using Ubuntu 8.10. I have installed Picasa 3.0. > > > > > > > > When i try to add a folder, it appears there is no facility to go > > > > > > > across the network to retrieve image files from a Windows > > > > > > > computer. > > > > > > > > I have shared the win computer, and can see it from other win > > > > > > > computers, but picassa does not have a "Network" option. > > > > > > > > I can, using the network manager on ubuntu, access the photos so i > > > > > > > know the SMB function is working. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
