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#1 2012-06-24 18:04:14
- bwat47
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[SOLVED] File Roller (Folder Contents Could not be displayed) error
Whenever I choose the "extract to" option in the thunar context menu, as soon as file roller opens I get this error:
Has anyone else run into this? Is there something else I am supposed to have installed? It does work after I click ok on the error, but its kind of annoying to have to click through that error every time.
EDIT: "Extract here" works fine, this only happens if I use "Extract to"
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#2 2012-06-25 17:43:09
- x33a
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Re: [SOLVED] File Roller (Folder Contents Could not be displayed) error
Yes you need various other packages installed depending on the format you are using.
more info:
$ pacman -Si file-rollerOffline
#3 2012-06-25 19:15:48
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Re: [SOLVED] File Roller (Folder Contents Could not be displayed) error
Thanks i'll give that a try when I get home. I do already have unzip, unrar, and p7zip installed. It seems to extract the files fine after I click ok on that error.
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#4 2012-06-25 19:18:40
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Re: [SOLVED] File Roller (Folder Contents Could not be displayed) error
Have you tried launching roller from the console? You often get more useful error messages (printed to the console) that way.
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#5 2012-06-25 19:26:23
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Re: [SOLVED] File Roller (Folder Contents Could not be displayed) error
Have you tried launching roller from the console? You often get more useful error messages (printed to the console) that way.
I wanted to try this but I'm not sure if I can reproduce it that way. It only happens if I specifically use the "Extract to" option in thunar's context menu. Extract here always works fine showing no errors.
If I hit extract to, that annoying error pops up, I have to click ok and then it continues to work fine after i choose a folder.
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#6 2012-06-25 19:50:21
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Re: [SOLVED] File Roller (Folder Contents Could not be displayed) error
I have the same error. You can reproduce it as follows (for archive $ARCHIVE):
file-roller --default-dir=$HOME --extract $ARCHIVENote: Thunar calls file-roller according to /usr/lib/xfce4/thunar-archive-plugin/file-roller.tap.
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#7 2012-06-25 20:30:26
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Re: [SOLVED] File Roller (Folder Contents Could not be displayed) error
I have the same error. You can reproduce it as follows (for archive $ARCHIVE):
file-roller --default-dir=$HOME --extract $ARCHIVENote: Thunar calls file-roller according to /usr/lib/xfce4/thunar-archive-plugin/file-roller.tap.
Yep, that does reproduce it, no extra output from the terminal though.
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#8 2012-06-25 20:38:23
- bwat47
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Re: [SOLVED] File Roller (Folder Contents Could not be displayed) error
seems to be a thunar bug... installed pcmanfm and cannot reproduce it there.
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#9 2012-06-26 08:03:25
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Re: [SOLVED] File Roller (Folder Contents Could not be displayed) error
But how can it be a thunar bug when it can be reproduced using the command line too, as demonstrated by Terminator.
It would be a bug in file-roller itself then.
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#10 2012-06-26 14:36:20
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Re: [SOLVED] File Roller (Folder Contents Could not be displayed) error
But how can it be a thunar bug when it can be reproduced using the command line too, as demonstrated by Terminator.
It would be a bug in file-roller itself then.
yeah that makes more sense, bug reported: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678884
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#11 2012-06-26 16:32:23
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Re: [SOLVED] File Roller (Folder Contents Could not be displayed) error
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yeah that makes more sense, but reported: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678884
Nice, it is already fixed too. Good to see open source development at its best.
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#12 2012-06-26 16:45:14
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Re: [SOLVED] File Roller (Folder Contents Could not be displayed) error
bwat47 wrote:[...]
yeah that makes more sense, but reported: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678884Nice, it is already fixed too. Good to see open source development at its best.
awesome 
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