gtk file chooser weirdness in linux-firefox

[Alexander Konovalenko]

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 00:22, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Quoting Alexander Konovalenko <kono at kth.se> (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 at kth.se> 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