gtk file chooser weirdness in linux-firefox

[Alexander Konovalenko]

Hi!

For a long time I am experiencing weird problem when trying to choose file
from File->Open_File or when I want to change "download action/helper
application" in the preferences. The problem is that GTK file chooser does
not list all files in the selected directory.

Check it out here: http://daemon.nanophys.kth.se/~kono/buggy_file_chooser.png

 So some GTK library want to convince me that in /usr/X11R6/bin folder there
are only three files? there are 539!

I tried to right-click and activate hidden files in the chooser, tried from
the root account, no luck.

Any suggestions?

This problem I have on both i386 and amd64 platforms with FreeBSD 5.5 and 6.1.

Some time ago linux-Firefox was without this ugly GTK file chooser, is there
any possibility to install/build linux-firefox with another (old) file
chooser? Or it is as hopeless as to decide which linux distribution to
install?

Currently I don't use freebsd natively build firefox because it's unstable.


/Alexander Konovalenko

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[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Alexander Konovalenko <kono@...> (Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:47:31 +0200):

>
> Hi!
>
> For a long time I am experiencing weird problem when trying to choose file
> from File->Open_File or when I want to change "download action/helper
> application" in the preferences. The problem is that GTK file chooser does
> not list all files in the selected directory.
>
> Check it out here: http://daemon.nanophys.kth.se/~kono/buggy_file_chooser.png
>
>  So some GTK library want to convince me that in /usr/X11R6/bin folder there
> are only three files? there are 539!

# ll /compat/linux/usr/X11R6/bin
total 46
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    24K Jul  2 12:48 gears*
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    21K Jul  2 12:48 glxinfo*

So it works as intended (it find the dir in the linux compatibility
directory, so it doesn't lookup the FreeBSD one).

> Currently I don't use freebsd natively build firefox because it's unstable.

Maybe some important lib is linked in in an old version?

Bye,
Alexander.

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[Alexander Konovalenko]

On Tuesday 15 August 2006 15:19, Stanislav Sedov wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:47:31 +0200
>
> Alexander Konovalenko <kono@...> mentioned:
> > Hi!
> >
> > For a long time I am experiencing weird problem when trying to choose
> > file from File->Open_File or when I want to change "download
> > action/helper application" in the preferences. The problem is that GTK
> > file chooser does not list all files in the selected directory.
> >
> > Check it out here:
> > http://daemon.nanophys.kth.se/~kono/buggy_file_chooser.png
> >
> >  So some GTK library want to convince me that in /usr/X11R6/bin folder
> > there are only three files? there are 539!
> >
> > I tried to right-click and activate hidden files in the chooser, tried
> > from the root account, no luck.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> That's because Linux apps access files rooted in /compat/linux first,
> and only falls back if file isn't found. So firefox merely lists
> contents of /compat/linux/usr/X11R6, not /usr/X11R6.

ok, you are right, but in /usr/compat/linux there is no home folder for
example, however file chooser of linux-firefox shows it together with other  
folders from FreeBSD root folder. Isn't it weird to mix folders
from /usr/compat/linux and / ? Is there any configuration of this?

And how to jump to the real / folder from linux-app file chooser (currently I
just created a soft link to it)? There is button called "Filesystems" but
that does not go to freebsd /.

>
> > Currently I don't use freebsd natively build firefox because it's
> > unstable.
>
> I'm using it permanetly without any problem. What exactly you are
> experiencing?

natively built firefox just hangs on amd64 FreeBSD 5.5 when started. Tried to
rebuild/upgrade it couple of times but did not help.
 firefox-1.5.0.6,1

/Alexander Konovalenko
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[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Alexander Konovalenko <kono@...> (Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:01:17 +0200):

> On Tuesday 15 August 2006 15:19, Stanislav Sedov wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:47:31 +0200
> >
> > Alexander Konovalenko <kono@...> mentioned:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > For a long time I am experiencing weird problem when trying to choose
> > > file from File->Open_File or when I want to change "download
> > > action/helper application" in the preferences. The problem is that GTK
> > > file chooser does not list all files in the selected directory.
> > >
> > > Check it out here:
> > > http://daemon.nanophys.kth.se/~kono/buggy_file_chooser.png
> > >
> > >  So some GTK library want to convince me that in /usr/X11R6/bin folder
> > > there are only three files? there are 539!
> > >
> > > I tried to right-click and activate hidden files in the chooser, tried
> > > from the root account, no luck.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> >
> > That's because Linux apps access files rooted in /compat/linux first,
> > and only falls back if file isn't found. So firefox merely lists
> > contents of /compat/linux/usr/X11R6, not /usr/X11R6.
>
> ok, you are right, but in /usr/compat/linux there is no home folder for
> example, however file chooser of linux-firefox shows it together with other  
> folders from FreeBSD root folder. Isn't it weird to mix folders
> from /usr/compat/linux and / ? Is there any configuration of this?

No, there's no config of this. The linuxolator depends upon this
behavior. Without it it it either couldn't find the linux libs, or you
aren't able to access your files with the native path.

If you need to access a file which isn't visible, you just have to type
in the full name. This way you aren't able to access a file which is
also available with different content but the same name
in /compat/linux, and you aren't able to browse with the mouse, but you
can at least access it.

> And how to jump to the real / folder from linux-app file chooser (currently I
> just created a soft link to it)? There is button called "Filesystems" but
> that does not go to freebsd /.

There's no way to go to see the real / (except you do a null mount to
somewhere else or something like this).

Bye,
Alexander.

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[Alexander Konovalenko]

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 00:22, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Quoting Alexander Konovalenko <kono@...> (Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:01:17
+0200):

> > On Tuesday 15 August 2006 15:19, Stanislav Sedov wrote:
> > > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:47:31 +0200
> > >
> > > Alexander Konovalenko <kono@...> mentioned:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > For a long time I am experiencing weird problem when trying to choose
> > > > file from File->Open_File or when I want to change "download
> > > > action/helper application" in the preferences. The problem is that
> > > > GTK file chooser does not list all files in the selected directory.
> > > >
> > > > Check it out here:
> > > > http://daemon.nanophys.kth.se/~kono/buggy_file_chooser.png
> > > >
> > > >  So some GTK library want to convince me that in /usr/X11R6/bin
> > > > folder there are only three files? there are 539!
> > > >
> > > > I tried to right-click and activate hidden files in the chooser,
> > > > tried from the root account, no luck.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > That's because Linux apps access files rooted in /compat/linux first,
> > > and only falls back if file isn't found. So firefox merely lists
> > > contents of /compat/linux/usr/X11R6, not /usr/X11R6.
> >
> > ok, you are right, but in /usr/compat/linux there is no home folder for
> > example, however file chooser of linux-firefox shows it together with
> > other folders from FreeBSD root folder. Isn't it weird to mix folders
> > from /usr/compat/linux and / ? Is there any configuration of this?
>
> No, there's no config of this. The linuxolator depends upon this
> behavior. Without it it it either couldn't find the linux libs, or you
> aren't able to access your files with the native path.
>
> If you need to access a file which isn't visible, you just have to type
> in the full name. This way you aren't able to access a file which is
> also available with different content but the same name
> in /compat/linux, and you aren't able to browse with the mouse, but you
> can at least access it.
>
> > And how to jump to the real / folder from linux-app file chooser
> > (currently I just created a soft link to it)? There is button called
> > "Filesystems" but that does not go to freebsd /.
>
> There's no way to go to see the real / (except you do a null mount to
> somewhere else or something like this).
>
> Bye,
> Alexander.

thanks for clarifying.

/Alexander Konovalenko

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