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#1 2013-03-02 04:05:01
- Shingetsu
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[SOLVED]Thunar not using Places
After installing xfce, followed by xdg user dirs (configuring them) and updating them, thunar won't display them in PLACES.
The custom icons for those folders are still shown, however.
hunar Version: 1.6.2 built using ABS (same thing with binary build, I built it with ABS to see if it would work, kept it that way)
XFCE version: 4.10
XDG version: 1.1.0 rc1
More information available on demand.
Last edited by Shingetsu (2013-03-09 03:18:07)
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#2 2013-03-04 12:57:12
- Shingetsu
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Re: [SOLVED]Thunar not using Places
Update:
It seems that thunar-volman isn't working either, despite being installed and active (in thunar preferences).
I'm fairly stumped now, but fairly sure this is a thunar problem... I just have no idea what to do with it.
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#3 2013-03-04 13:15:32
- Awebb
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Re: [SOLVED]Thunar not using Places
The last time I used thunar, it didn't use the xdg places at all. There was a patch in Debian, but not in vanilla thunar. The info is a year old, though.
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#4 2013-03-05 03:52:29
- Shingetsu
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Re: [SOLVED]Thunar not using Places
It's supposedly fixed. On my other installation it used to work fine (the computer finally died, it's been struggling for many years now).
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#5 2013-03-05 04:46:41
- Jristz
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Re: [SOLVED]Thunar not using Places
xdg-user-dirs-update
then this create the dirs
now install xdg-user-dirs-gtk and run xdg-user-dir-gtk-update and in theory the xdg dirs has ben created
Well, I suppose that this is somekind of signature, no?
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#6 2013-03-05 04:49:46
- Shingetsu
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Re: [SOLVED]Thunar not using Places
Jristz, if you read carefully, the dirs are perfectly fine. They're there, xdg is aware of them, thunar gives them a special icon...
The problem is that they aren't in the PLACES area of thunar quick access.
Thus the topic and all mentioned posts?
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#7 2013-03-05 06:21:53
- swanson
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Re: [SOLVED]Thunar not using Places
You could try the Thunar extended from AUR. It works wonderfully, at least on openbox.
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#8 2013-03-05 16:07:33
- bwat47
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Re: [SOLVED]Thunar not using Places
I noticed the same when using thunar 1.6.x in ubuntu, definitely seems to be a thunar issue. In any case it wasn't a big deal since I could just drag and drop the folders into the sidebar.
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#9 2013-03-07 20:22:47
- jackdaniel
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Re: [SOLVED]Thunar not using Places
Problem occurs when you already have file ~/.gtk-bookmarks (with bookmark to ie sftp server). xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update won't overwrite existing file, so it won't generate bookmarks. Quick fix:
cd ~/
mv .gtk-bookmarks gtkbtmp
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
cat gtkbtmp >> .gtk-bookmarks
Worked for me at least 
cheers
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#10 2013-03-08 02:50:39
- Shingetsu
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Re: [SOLVED]Thunar not using Places
Problem occurs when you already have file ~/.gtk-bookmarks (with bookmark to ie sftp server). xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update won't overwrite existing file, so it won't generate bookmarks. Quick fix:
cd ~/
mv .gtk-bookmarks gtkbtmp
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
cat gtkbtmp >> .gtk-bookmarks
A working solution!
Thank you very much sir. 
I'll probably add this to the wiki later if I get the urge.
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