On 2022-07-11, Björn Gohla <b.go...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Brian Durant <cont...@anarchosaxophonist.org> writes: > >> I have a problem with both Firefox and Chromium being unable to access >> the file system using the "open" dialog. The dialog appears, but no >> files or directories appear regardless of path. Things function > [...] > > This sounds like an unveil(2) issue. Only white-listed paths are > accessible, they are configured in /etc/firefox/unveil.* . > > ~/Downloads should be enabled by default though.
only if present before the browser was started, also the file dialog boxes will often be blank and you need to either type a path by hand, or pick one of the predefined entries in the left-hand side; browsing the whole computer won't work with the default unveil restrictions -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
