Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 7 years ago. Improve this question Under file Type column in Nautilus, I get file categories like Image, Document, etc. I need … Read more
Here’s my problem: I want to create/extract archives (like .zip or .tar.gz) from my file manager in Ubuntu 12.04.5 Unity. But when I right-click a file, the options simply are not there. When I right-click a normal file, there is no option to “create archive” and when I right-click an archive, there are no options … Read more
Recently, I noticed that when I create an empty new file for source code (like .cpp or .hpp or .py) the initial icon is properly shown. However, as soon as I edit the file by adding some text and saving it, the icon changes to show to something which shows the beginning characters of the … Read more
I have a simple use case. I want o copy some music. I have an 8Gb pen drive and my Music folder where each album is a directory inside the artist name directory. I select some artists. I select a couple of albums and dragn’drop them. Select some more, and copy again. The file manager … Read more
I was finally able to get Ubuntu 15.04 to fully install and boot on my laptop. Then found that when I opened the file manager, there was only one of my two partitions (I have one for windows and one for Ubuntu) showing up on the sidebar, it is labeled “169 GB Volume”. When I … Read more
It’s difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, visit the help center. Closed 9 years ago. Every kind of file I open through ubuntu … Read more
This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. For help making this question more broadly applicable, visit the help center. Closed 8 years … Read more
I’m using Lubuntu 12.04 and having problems with the filemanager. When I try to open the filemanager nothing happens. In the dmesg log the following error is shown: pcmanfm[2330]: segfault at 10 ip xxxxx sp xxxxx error 4 in libgioremote-volume-monitor.so[xxxxx+10000] The filemanagers Thunar and Nautilus show the same errors. Has anyone seen this problem before? … Read more
How to automatically sort by type and then by modified in file manager? Using 13.04 and Gnome 3.8 Answer Figured it out in the end. Click on location options (top right hand corner) and then preferences. On the view tab select “By modification date” in the drop down menu and check the “sort folders before … Read more
Is there any way to get the details pane, preferably in Nemo? I am particularly interested in the duration, bit rate of music files and videos. I realize I can view the information in List View but I was wondering if there is an option for Icon View. Here’s a screenshot of what I mean: … Read more
