https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459744 Summary: can't use sftp:// in file-selector ... Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: GNOME AssignedTo: bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: mmeeks@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de CC: federico@novell.com, vuntz@novell.com Found By: --- So - this is a pretty embarassing cock-up ... I open the file-selector; press ctrl-l for the location bar, and enteR: sftp://192.168.0.7/ which is a local machine, I get an error dialog: "The folder contents could not be displayed "Error stating file '/home/michael/esc/sftp:/192.168.0.7': No such file or directory" This is not that impressive ;-) Nautilus' location bar copes nicely with this. cf. the comment at: http://news.opensuse.org/2008/12/16/sneak-peeks-at-opensuse-111-the-latest-g... [snip] I don’t know how you can say the network facilities of Gnome are better. I am experimenting with Gnome at the moment and am frustrated with the lack of transparent network access. In KDE I could open a file from sftp, ftp, smb or many other protocols and work with them like local files - directly from the open file dialog. (save them etc) In gnome… I have have to “connect to server” and then go the file open dialog. After this annoying extra step… files open read only. Gnome network support seems useless to me compared with KDE’s ioslaves. [snip] -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.