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gnome-volume-manager package

[Removable drives and media preferences] The browse option should display the list of softwares that have been installed

Bug #199471 reported by antistress
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gnome-volume-manager (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Launch "Removable drives and media preferences" (gnome-volume-properties) and try to select another software by clicking the browse button : instead of displaying the list of softwares available on the system it displays a window that offer the user to browse his hard disk : not very practical

I think that the "Browse" button (which could then be renamed) should display the list of softwares that have been installed (this option already exists with other apps - for instance while choosing a software from Nautilus to read a document from its MIME type)

Here is a screenshot of gnome-volume-propertie main window :
http://people.debian.org.tw/~chihchun/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/gnome-volume-properties.png

(problem exists in gutsy, hardy alpha 6...)

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in gnome-volume-manager.

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antistress (antistress) wrote :

thank you, i thought the package was gnome-volume-properties but it wasn't listed

antistress (antistress)
description: updated
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antistress (antistress) wrote :

here is a screenshot of the "application chooser from document MIME type" (what's its real name ?!) of what could be done for "Removable drives and media preferences"

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Confirmed. However, there is not much hope that this will be fixed soon, since gnome-volume-manager gradually gets deprecated entirely.

Changed in gnome-volume-manager:
status: New → Confirmed
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antistress (antistress) wrote :

What will be its successor ?

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Most of g-v-m's previous job is now done by nautilus itself, and some parts by gvfs.

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antistress (antistress) wrote :

ok, but the "Removable drives and media preferences" GUI (gnome-volume-properties) keeps its interest i think, and that's what this report is about...

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antistress (antistress) wrote :

related but not duplicate :
Media preferences no longer in obvious place (GNOME 2.22)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524195

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antistress (antistress) wrote :

discussion is becoming interesting on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524195 maybe a member of the Ubuntu team could give his point of view ?

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antistress (antistress) wrote :

this bug can now be closed since g-v-m has been replaced by Nautilus which doesn't have this bug

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