open current folder in terminal sets working dir always to home

[Jonas Zoner]

Steps to reproduce:
1)start pcmanfm
2)navigate to an other folder than home
3)click "open current folder in terminal" or press F4
4) lxterminal opens wih home as working directory

Expected behaviour:
4) lxterminal opens with the currently displayed directory as working directory

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: pcmanfm 1.1.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-5.15-generic 3.10.2
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-5-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.11-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Config_pcmanfm_System_Lubuntu: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/xdg/pcmanfm/lubuntu.conf'
Date: Fri Jul 26 18:15:12 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130723.1)
MarkForUpload: True
Pref_Config_System_Lubuntu:
 [Preferred Applications]
 WebBrowser=firefox.desktop
 MailClient=
SourcePackage: pcmanfm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jonas Zoner (jonaszoner)]

Things work as expected when the curent directory is opened as root (via "open current folder as root")

Note: The above is not a valid workaround.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

I can't reproduce this error, lxterminal opens in the correct directory even as non-root. I tried multiple directories, with and without space, remote (cifs and nfs) and local, on ext4 and ntfs. It opens the directory everytime. Do you get any output if you start pcmanfm via the terminal?

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu Package testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1205409

[Markus J Schmidt (smiddy84)]

ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.336
Config_pcmanfm_System_Lubuntu: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/xdg/pcmanfm/lubuntu.conf'
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130802)
MarkForUpload: True
Package: pcmanfm 1.1.0-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
Pref_Config_System_Lubuntu:
 [Preferred Applications]
 WebBrowser=firefox.desktop
 MailClient=
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-6.17-generic 3.10.3
Tags: saucy
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-6-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Markus J Schmidt (smiddy84)]

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[Markus J Schmidt (smiddy84)]

I can confirm the bug when using a live session from USB of the current lubuntu daily!

[schamane (schamane)]

Had the same problem in Lubuntu 14.04.1. At least in my case behavior depends on the terminal. Hence, it might be a bug related to the specific terminal. Anyway, it worked with xterm, and lxterminal. It does not work with lilyterm 0.9.9.4-0~1. I haven't tried others.

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

I've tried this in a virgin 14.04.1 (pcmanfm 1.2.0-1, lxterminal 0.1.11-4ubuntu3), 14.10 (pcmanfm 1.2.3-0ubuntu1, lxterminal 0.1.11-4ubuntu3), and 15.04 (pcmanfm 1.2.3-1, lxterminal 0.1.11-4ubuntu3):

1. open pcmanfm
2. navigate to Downloads folder
3. Use Tools → Open Folder in Terminal

Every time lxterminal opens in Downloads. To confirm:

1. in the opened pcmanfm, navigate to Home folder
2. Use Tools → Open Folder in Terminal

Every time lxterminal opens in Home.

That being said, I cannot confirm this as a bug and will render it invalid. If you have specific information about what versions and steps can replicate this, please reopen.