Picasa Lynux does not see network

[lavallie]

I am using Ubuntu 8.10. I have installed Picasa 3.0.

When i try to add a folder, it appears there is no facility to go
across the network to retrieve image files from a Windows computer.

I have shared the win computer, and can see it from other win
computers, but picassa does not have a "Network" option.

I can, using the network manager on ubuntu, access the photos so i
know the SMB function is working.

[leiz]

It sounds like you're accessing your SMB shares via GVFS. Picasa does
not support that unfortunately.

If you mount your SMB shares, i.e. sudo mount -t cifs //HOST/Share /
path/to/mount_point, then Picasa can see your SMB shares.

[lavallie]

Thanks for the response leiz.

Sorry but I am new to UB and I guess I am not doing the sudo mount
right.

The drive, when using Dolphin is at smb://bill@billvista/E/Pictures.
How I work that into the sudo mount - I guess I am missing something.

I tried

sudo mount -t cifs //bill@billvista/E/Pictures
sudo mount -t cifs //billvista/E/Pictures

In case you haven't guessed, I am totally new to Lynux.

Bill

[lavallie]

Sorry but does anyone have any other ideas how to make picassa work
across the network to other drives?

Tks

[lement101]

Mounting windows shared folders (Samba) is the best (and likely the
only) way this will work. Once you add the folder to /etc/fstab its
easy as pie. Try a couple online guides, I think you'll figure it out

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280473
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba

[lavallie]

lement101, thanks for your response it was very enlightening.

I have to say though, that if I have to do ALL that just to make
picasa work across the network, then Picas and ubuntu are not ready
for prime-time.

Everyone has been telling me that ubuntu is ready for the average user
(I am a computer reseller), No way is the average home user ready for
this experience!!

You would think by now, of all the software that has been developed
for this OS, somebody would have developed a GUI program that would
just map a drive with out all the Hocus Pocus commands...

Bill

On Apr 17, 3:05 pm, lement101 <lement...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mounting windows shared folders (Samba) is the best (and likely the
> only) way this will work. Once you add the folder to /etc/fstab its
> easy as pie. Try a couple online guides, I think you'll figure it out
>

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280473https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba

[lavallie]

lement101, thanks for your response it was very enlightening.

I have to say though, that if I have to do ALL that just to make
picasa work across the network, then Picas and ubuntu are not ready
for prime-time.

Everyone has been telling me that ubuntu is ready for the average user
(I am a computer reseller), No way is the average home user ready for
this experience!!

You would think by now, of all the software that has been developed
for this OS, somebody would have developed a GUI program that would
just map a drive with out all the Hocus Pocus commands...

Bill

On Apr 17, 3:05 pm, lement101 <lement...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Mounting windows shared folders (Samba) is the best (and likely the
> only) way this will work. Once you add the folder to /etc/fstab its
> easy as pie. Try a couple online guides, I think you'll figure it out
>

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280473https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba

[lavallie]

A little bit more about what I learned today:

I went to the Windows drive location and mounted that drive using
Dolphin, I then opened the file browser and that drive shows under
computer:///.

And I searched for this location and found it listed under /home/
user1/.gvfs/pictures on billvista

But when I go to picasa, there is no way to find that directory.
There seems to be something missing in picasa. Shouldn't I be able to
point to anywhere on the system to find a file or folder??? It
appears to ASSuME where the files/pictures will be.

Thanks for you help in advance. Sorry for the rant earlier but that
which should seem to be so simple has become so hard.

Bill

On Apr 18, 8:02 am, lavallie <bill.laval...@gmail.com> wrote:
> lement101, thanks for your response it was very enlightening.
>
> I have to say though, that if I have to do ALL that just to make
> picasa work across the network, then Picas and ubuntu are not ready
> for prime-time.
>
> Everyone has been telling me that ubuntu is ready for the average user
> (I am a computer reseller),  No way is the average home user ready for
> this experience!!
>
> You would think by now, of all the software that has been developed
> for this OS, somebody would have developed a GUI program that would
> just map a drive with out all the Hocus Pocus commands...
>
> Bill
>
> On Apr 17, 3:05 pm, lement101 <lement...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Mounting windows shared folders (Samba) is the best (and likely the
> > only) way this will work. Once you add the folder to /etc/fstab its
> > easy as pie. Try a couple online guides, I think you'll figure it out
>

> >http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280473https://help.ubuntu.co...

[leiz]

There are GUI software to mount SMB shares. A long time ago, I tried
LinNeighborhood. It's just a matter of the Linux distros integrating
it and making it easy to use.

With regards to ~/.gvfs, Picasa does not scan hidden directory (those
that starts with '.') because usually there's nothing of value in
those directories. (i.e. nobody wants to scan ~/.mozilla/firefox/path/
profile/Cache) Can you try just adding a symlink to ~/.gvfs? i.e. ln -
s ~/.gvfs ~/gvfs, and then you should be able to scan ~/gvfs.

[lavallie]

leiz,

You nailed it!!!

Once I ran terminal and typed in:

ln -s ~/.gvfs ~/gvfs

Picasa showed the ~gvfs directory, which had my mounted drives listed
from the other system.

Thank you!!

Bill