I have some files i keep on my media centre that is accessed by wife and i.
We are both on mint 17.2 mate.
On both pc's a particular file is set as a short cut in "places" ( a calc file.)
The following happens on a fresh boot, and happens only once and is then all good til the next reboot.
Could not display "smb://path to file name/file name.ods".
The location is not a folder.
a 2nd and subsequent try works fine.
I also have folders set as short cuts and they work fine
I have googled this and although there are various similar case nothing exactly the same
was wondering if anyone has any suggestions here?
Thanks in advance
The location is not a folder
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Re: The location is not a folder
I suspect that the media device is taking too long to respond to mint. To confirm this, try the following.
From the wife's machine, access the path/file (try #1, then try #2).
From your own machine, try to access the path/file again. If there's no error, then the media device is (partially) at fault.
The most likely cause is that the device has a low-power mode combined with a wake-on-lan feature.
From the wife's machine, access the path/file (try #1, then try #2).
From your own machine, try to access the path/file again. If there's no error, then the media device is (partially) at fault.
The most likely cause is that the device has a low-power mode combined with a wake-on-lan feature.
Re: The location is not a folder
Tried that, even tho 1st pc can get thru the freshly booted machine has the problem on first go.UltramaticOrange wrote:I suspect that the media device is taking too long to respond to mint. To confirm this, try the following.
From the wife's machine, access the path/file (try #1, then try #2).
From your own machine, try to access the path/file again. If there's no error, then the media device is (partially) at fault.
The most likely cause is that the device has a low-power mode combined with a wake-on-lan feature.
But thanks for the offering.
Re: The location is not a folder
slight update, noticed that on a reboot i can access a folder short cut on the media without any issues. (the folder has the file in question within it)
Closing the folder and then trying the file short cut then works .
Closing the folder and then trying the file short cut then works .
Re: The location is not a folder
most likely, it's one of those old permissioin problems -- it usually is with like 99% of Unix/Linux troubles...
So you might want to try setting file (or device, media, drive etc...) ownership and permissions. It might be slightly different for your individual situation out there, but do try one or both of them, like so:
and/or:
For me, it solved that nasty problem right away!
Good Luck,
Mark
AKA markmagedotcom
So you might want to try setting file (or device, media, drive etc...) ownership and permissions. It might be slightly different for your individual situation out there, but do try one or both of them, like so:
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sudo chown user:user /media/user/
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sudo chmod 775 /media/user
Good Luck,
Mark
AKA markmagedotcom