[Bug 1111397] Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04
In Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10 the problem is still there -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397 Title: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/baltix-default-settings/+bug/397/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1111397] Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04
It's simple to return back old behavior - set dconf setting value: org.gnome.nautilus.preferences executable-text-activation to 'ask' ** Also affects: baltix-default-settings Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: baltix-default-settings Assignee: (unassigned) = Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas) ** Changed in: baltix-default-settings Importance: Undecided = High ** Changed in: baltix-default-settings Status: New = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397 Title: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/baltix-default-settings/+bug/397/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
Re: [Bug 1111397] Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014, Mantas Kriaučiūnas wrote: It's simple to return back old behavior - set dconf setting value: org.gnome.nautilus.preferences executable-text-activation to 'ask' simple? most ubuntu users are afraid to open a Terminal. however, thanks for the info, but this discussion should really be about the default choice. BTW, is there also a value 'always'? thanks, ciao -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397 Title: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/baltix-default-settings/+bug/397/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1111397] Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04
It's a completely incorrect behavior always to open executable text files with Text Editor - lots of executable installers are very big (200-500Mb) and opening very big files with Text Editor causes freeze of operating system for several minutes on older computers, try for example to open Unigine_Valley-1.0.run on computer with 1GB RAM or less: http://unigine.com/products/valley/download/ jaromil (jaromil) wrote: set dconf setting value: org.gnome.nautilus.preferences executable-text-activation simple? most ubuntu users are afraid to open a Terminal I was writing not to users, but to developers/system administrators - for example Ubuntu-based Baltix GNU/Linux OS release 13.10 will always ask if user wants to execute or to view executable text file. Users can simply click on File-Preferences-Behavior and choose Run executable text files when they are opened or Ask each time under Executable Text Files in File Manager -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397 Title: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/baltix-default-settings/+bug/397/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1111397] Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04
This was an intentional change done by upstream Nautilus developers. Showing a dialog by default makes problems for users that have external drives with FAT32-like filesystem, where all files are executable. See: https://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=72d6c7ce7febd573 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=601736 Like Borivoje said, it is easily configurable from the Preferences dialog. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #601736 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=601736 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397 Title: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/397/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1111397] Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04
Thanks for the references to the upstream process. Not just the executable bit, but also the file magic (shell script or ELF) could be parsed to sort out problems. However, I guess this is not the place for discussing this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397 Title: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/397/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1111397] Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04
We should pay attention to this indeed. This is a radical change for many users acquainted to execute shell scripts or having them written by friends to fix things. Believe me, this happens *all the time*. Changing this behavior without any notice is irresponsible, a very conservative step that disempower users. At the very least, on the first execution of a shell script this way, a dialog should pop-up asking about the user's intention: - do not execute - execute this shell script once and ask again next time - execute any shell script (and/or open preferences) Ideally there could be a per-script configuration that can be tuned this way on first execution. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397 Title: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/397/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1111397] Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04
It is still actual in 13.10 x64. Any attention to this bug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397 Title: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/397/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1111397] Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397 Title: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/397/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1111397] Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04
Hi, For me this is a bug, the fix should be applied to the original package, so 13.04 and future ubuntu installations will not suffer from this. There is no sense with behavior 'View executable text files' selected by default for a regular user. Shellscripts are commonly used to launch other executables, so a regular user will expect that double clicking on a given application executable (being script or ELF) will launch an application instead of gedit showing 'strange programming mambojambo'. I will give you an example: here in Portugal, we pay our taxes using an official application that is downloaded from a goverment site. The application is developed in java and it worked flawlessly with ubuntu. The application is packaged inside a special script file that will auto-extract the application content to a selected installation dir (by the way the application launcher is also a shellscript). So a regular user when double clicking this script, a gigant script will be opened in gedit! This really doesn't make any sense from a regular user prespective. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397 Title: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/397/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1111397] Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04
Just in Nautus File/Preferences/Behaviour Under Executable Files check Ask me always. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397 Title: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/397/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1111397] Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397 Title: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/397/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
