[Solved] Chrome is able to see different folders, but Edge can't

[sodeve]

I found a weird issue here. Google chrome browser is able to see folders that MS Edge can't.


link to image: https://mega.nz/file/bt4hXCTT#yDBMKO9ya ... q11t6BPGyk
Chrome is able to see /mnt folder


link to image: https://mega.nz/file/S1pRRJgZ#U-f0CxraG ... eJxOezfyo0
but Edge can't


link to image: https://mega.nz/file/H1RXgYIB#fDhwunqAW ... tcLGRnrnp8
but both are running under the same user.

What could be the reason? and how to fix it?

Please help. Thank you.

[spamegg]

Hello sodeve welcome to the Forum.
Please share your system info by going to:
Menu/System Reports/System Information/click "Copy"
and pasting it here.
(You can use the command inxi -Fxxxmprz on the Terminal.)

Is one, or both, of Chrome or Edge Flatpaks by any chance? Flatpaks have different permissions for folders due to sandboxing.

[sodeve]

Hi spamegg,

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-101-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Vmware System: VMware product: VMware Virtual Platform v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: No Enclosure type: 1 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Intel model: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Phoenix
    v: 6.00 date: 07/22/2020
CPU:
  Info: 4x 1-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: SMP
    smt: <unsupported> arch: Zen 2 rev: 1 cache: L1: 4x 64 KiB (256 KiB) L2: 4x 512 KiB (2 MiB)
    L3: 4x 4 MiB (16 MiB)
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2894 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 2894 2: 2894 3: 2894 4: 2894 bogomips: 23155
  Flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.19.0.0 ports: active: Virtual-1
    empty: Virtual-2, Virtual-3, Virtual-4, Virtual-5, Virtual-6, Virtual-7, Virtual-8
    bus-ID: 00:0f.0 chip-ID: 15ad:0405 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: vmware
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: vmwgfx display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.0x11.3") s-diag: 583mm (23")
  Monitor-1: Virtual1 mapped: Virtual-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 640x480
  OpenGL: renderer: SVGA3D; build: RELEASE; LLVM; v: 4.1 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Ensoniq ES1371/ES1373 / Creative Labs CT2518 driver: snd_ens1371 v: kernel
    bus-ID: 02:02.0 chip-ID: 1274:1371 class-ID: 0401
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-101-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI vendor: VMware Virtual Machine type: network bridge
    driver: N/A port: N/A bus-ID: 00:07.3 chip-ID: 8086:7113 class-ID: 0680
  Device-2: Intel 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet vendor: VMware PRO/1000 MT Single Port driver: e1000
    v: kernel port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:01.0 chip-ID: 8086:100f class-ID: 0200
  IF: ens33 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: lxcbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: VMware Virtual Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-2.1:4
    chip-ID: 0e0f:0008 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1
    sub-v: 100 hci-v: 2.1 rev: 100
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 500 GiB used: 643.89 GiB (128.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: VMware model: Virtual S size: 500 GiB type: N/A serial: N/A rev: 1.0
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 216.08 GiB used: 24.69 GiB (11.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-2: /home size: 264.78 GiB used: 88 GiB (33.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 9.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1:2 info: VMware Virtual Mouse type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 0e0f:0003 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-3: 2-2:3 info: VMware Virtual USB Hub ports: 7 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 0e0f:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-2.1:4 info: VMware Virtual Bluetooth Adapter type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 0e0f:0008 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  Message: No sensor data found. Is lm-sensors configured?
Repos:
  Packages: 2412 apt: 2395 flatpak: 17
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/atlasvpn.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/atlasvpn.gpg] http: //repo.atlasvpn.com/debian stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb https: //download.nus.edu.sg/mirror/linuxmint virginia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //mirror.sg.gs/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //mirror.sg.gs/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //mirror.sg.gs/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg] https: //repo.waydro.id/ jammy main
Info:
  Processes: 361 Uptime: 8h 13m wakeups: 4327 Memory: 15.58 GiB used: 3.33 GiB (21.3%)
  Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12/9
  Client: Unknown python3.10 client inxi: 3.3.13

Both is actually flatpaks

link to image:https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/miuugkr3 ... idng0&dl=0

[AndyMH]

Install flatseal, you can change the permissions of flatpaks. I've never used it, I avoid them.

[sodeve]

I installed flatseal, but the moment I open it, it broke my display. The whole screen is black. The icons in taskbar also gone.

So I search for another way to configure flakpak. Then I discovered flatpak override command

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sudo flatpak override com.microsoft.Edge --filesystem=/mnt

above code made Edge able to access files under /mnt folder.

Now, how do I mark this topic as resolved?

Thanks for everyone who spend their thought on this

[AndyMH]

Go back to your first post and click the edit icon (the one with a pencil) and add [solved] into the title.