Firefox fails to import bookmarks from network share
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
With Firefox 3.0~b5+
Import of bookmarks (and presumably any other files) fails silently when the selected file is on a network share.
To reproduce:
Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks -> Import and Backup -> Import... -> From File -> Next
Select a remote location in the Open File dialog; the following appears in ~/.xsession-errors:
** (firefox:17006): WARNING **: Operation not supported by backend
Click Open - the dialog box closes as expected, but nothing happens.
Expected outcome: bookmarks are imported, or at least a message is provided indicating that Firefox can't open files from a network share.
NB: The share is of course not mounted, however it is accessible to Nautilus; going to Places -> <sharename> on <servername> works just fine. This is a Samba share, if it makes any difference.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 15 21:05:07 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-15-generic x86_64
I'm experiencing the same problem. Loaded Hardy last week on new laptop and trying to import bookmarks from "shared documents" folder on win2k box.
I'm a novice, so not sure what I can add here that may or may not help, but if someone is interested and can direct me I'd be happy to supply. I'm also using amd64.