Bug#498462: doesn't support opening pdf over samba shared folder anymore

Michal Suchanek michal.suchanek at ruk.cuni.cz
Mon Jun 6 18:18:37 UTC 2011


Excerpts from Josselin Mouette's message of Mon Jun 06 17:51:04 +0200 2011:
> Le lundi 06 juin 2011 à 17:00 +0200, Michal Suchanek a écrit : 
> > Accessing files over smb is possible.
> > 
> > It still sucks, though.
> 
> To access PDF files over Samba, you need either of:
> - a PDF reader with gio support, like evince;
> - gvfs-fuse installed and being in group fuse.

Yes, it totally works except you have to install any shares you want to
access into gtk bookmarks. There is no way to enter non-local URIs into
the file open dialog in evince by hand.

Well, you can enter anything you want but the dialog only opens local
files or bookmarked locations.

Thanks

Michal






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