Public bug reported:
I installed Xubuntu 14.04 and performed no customizations or
reconfigurations.
Observation: Thunar 1.6.3 ("File Manager" from menu) on Xubuntu 14.04 handles
write permission to inserted USB flash drives inconsistently:
* I am able to create a nil file on the flash drive with Thunar and edit it.
Clearly, the flash drive is not read-only.
* Using Thunar, I cannot copy an existing file (E.g. ~/.profile) and paste it
on the flash drive - "destination is read-only" (not true!).
* However, in a terminal window, `cp` with the flash drive as a destination
succeeds.
I tried this on drives by different manufacturers and with differing
capacities and on two different Xubuntu 14.04 installations.
There might be a configuration change for Thunar to allow paste to flash
drives. If so, this should be enabled when Thunar is installed as this
behaviour is what users expect.
Note: I created the FAT32 partition with `gparted` on Linux. I also got
the same results after creating a FAT32 partition using an MACOSX
system.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: thunar 1.6.3-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Jun 20 11:30:40 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-19 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
SourcePackage: thunar
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: thunar (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty
** Description changed:
I installed Xubuntu 14.04 and performed no customizations or
reconfigurations.
Observation: Thunar 1.6.3 ("File Manager" from menu) on Xubuntu 14.04
handles write permission to inserted USB flash drives inconsistently:
* I am able to create a nil file on the flash drive with Thunar and edit it.
Clearly, the flash drive is not read-only.
* Using Thunar, I cannot copy an existing file (E.g. ~/.profile) and paste it
on the flash drive - "destination is read-only" (not true!).
* However, in a terminal window, `cp` with the flash drive as a destination
succeeds.
I tried this on drives by different manufacturers and with differing
capacities and on two different Xubuntu 14.04 installations.
There might be a configuration change for Thunar to allow paste to flash
drives. If so, this should be enabled when Thunar is installed as this
behaviour is what users expect.
+ Note: I tested by creating the FAT32 partition with `gparted` on Linux.
+
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: thunar 1.6.3-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Jun 20 11:30:40 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-19 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
(20140416.2)
SourcePackage: thunar
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Description changed:
I installed Xubuntu 14.04 and performed no customizations or
reconfigurations.
Observation: Thunar 1.6.3 ("File Manager" from menu) on Xubuntu 14.04
handles write permission to inserted USB flash drives inconsistently:
* I am able to create a nil file on the flash drive with Thunar and edit it.
Clearly, the flash drive is not read-only.
* Using Thunar, I cannot copy an existing file (E.g. ~/.profile) and paste it
on the flash drive - "destination is read-only" (not true!).
* However, in a terminal window, `cp` with the flash drive as a destination
succeeds.
I tried this on drives by different manufacturers and with differing
capacities and on two different Xubuntu 14.04 installations.
There might be a configuration change for Thunar to allow paste to flash
drives. If so, this should be enabled when Thunar is installed as this
behaviour is what users expect.
Note: I tested by creating the FAT32 partition with `gparted` on Linux.
+ I also got the same results after creating a FAT32 partition using an
+ MACOSX system.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: thunar 1.6.3-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Jun 20 11:30:40 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-19 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
(20140416.2)
SourcePackage: thunar
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Description changed:
I installed Xubuntu 14.04 and performed no customizations or
reconfigurations.
Observation: Thunar 1.6.3 ("File Manager" from menu) on Xubuntu 14.04
handles write permission to inserted USB flash drives inconsistently:
* I am able to create a nil file on the flash drive with Thunar and edit it.
Clearly, the flash drive is not read-only.
* Using Thunar, I cannot copy an existing file (E.g. ~/.profile) and paste it
on the flash drive - "destination is read-only" (not true!).
* However, in a terminal window, `cp` with the flash drive as a destination
succeeds.
I tried this on drives by different manufacturers and with differing
capacities and on two different Xubuntu 14.04 installations.
There might be a configuration change for Thunar to allow paste to flash
drives. If so, this should be enabled when Thunar is installed as this
behaviour is what users expect.
- Note: I tested by creating the FAT32 partition with `gparted` on Linux.
- I also got the same results after creating a FAT32 partition using an
- MACOSX system.
+ Note: I created the FAT32 partition with `gparted` on Linux. I also got
+ the same results after creating a FAT32 partition using an MACOSX
+ system.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: thunar 1.6.3-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Jun 20 11:30:40 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-19 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
(20140416.2)
SourcePackage: thunar
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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