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[Locked] cairo dock will not interact with pcmanfm in lubuntu 11.10 [Bug #252]
Guest 11 fabounet [Read]
27 August 2012 à 01:05

Guest, Saturday 10 December 2011 à 18:14

Just installed cairo dock in lubuntu 11.10 and I cannot access my home folder or any other folder via the dock. I get "empty or unreadable file". The quick browser icon will show the contents but will not open anything. I've tried dragging folders to the dock and using the configuration dialog to no avail.

I have the cairo composite manager installed and pcmanfm is the default file manager.

I've also installed cairo dock in ubuntu 11.10 and it works fine on another computer. I'm using gnome-shell not unity.

Could it be pcmanfm is not compatible with cairo? Is there a remedy?

Thanks.

matttbe, Saturday 10 December 2011 à 18:26


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
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Hello,

There is no plug-in specially made for LXDE but can you try if it's better with this command?
cairo-dock -e xfce
# or # cairo-dock -e gnome


@fabounet: is it possible to enable GVFS support by default if it's available? and maybe use xdg-open if it's available and no other tool have been found.

Guest, Saturday 10 December 2011 à 19:02

Thanks for the suggestions but nothing works ... darn. Really like cairo dock.

matttbe, Saturday 10 December 2011 à 19:38


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I cannot access my home folder or any other folder via the dock
With a launcher? Only with the QuickBrowser applet? Is Shortcuts applet empty? (even with the previous command? can you check if 'gfvs' daemon is running?)
Note that you can also have a custom launcher with a command like:
pcmanfm /path/to/a/directory
I think it's a good workaround because it's hard to maintain a lot of DE, files browsers, etc. if there is no general rules.

Guest, Saturday 10 December 2011 à 23:46

Thanks for the help matttbe. Yes, the quick browser shows the files and folders but I am not able to open them. Any folders I add to the dock will not show or open anything.
I have added a launcher to the desktop for now. I just liked the cairo dock implementation.

I often find these qliches with alternate desktops. As much as I like lxde, I may have to use gnome 3. I really detest the default gnome 3 but cairo dock makes it bearable.

taiebot65, Sunday 11 December 2011 à 15:04


Subscription date : 26 October 2008
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You can select the folder applet and select the folders you want to see. and if you wabt mulitple folders just add multiple instance.
Me the code given by Mattbe works for me if cairo-dock is launched with this
cairo-dock -o -e gnome

pcmanfm ~/mydirectory


I might enter some info on the wiki on how to set up cairo-dock on a lubuntu section because i have a fully working cairo-dock sessions and i am a newly converted to Lubuntu.

fabounet, Wednesday 14 December 2011 à 14:44


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
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you just need gvfsd to handle the files in the dock
pcmanfm has nothing to do with it

be sure that gvfsd is running, and to use it, launch the dock with "cairo-dock -e xfce"

Guest, Wednesday 14 December 2011 à 18:36

I've given up on lubuntu for now. Too many hassles.

Reinstalled vanilla ubuntu. Cairo dock works a charm on it.

I look forward to Taiebot65's tutorial on setting up cairo dock on lubuntu. Will give it a try on another old laptop I have.

Thanks for everyone's help. Will keep watching this forum for updates and info.

Cairo dock is awesome! Wish I could replace OSX's dock with Cairo.

Guest, Wednesday 04 January 2012 à 21:50

cairo-dock -e xfce did it for me thanx fabounet!

taiebot65, Wednesday 04 January 2012 à 22:17


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@mattbe is there a place in the wiki i could add my findings for lubuntu.

matttbe, Thursday 05 January 2012 à 15:37


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
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@taiebot65: You can add these informations on a new wiki page (e.g. LXDE - if possible, in English and French ) and add a link to this wiki page in the Recurring problems page.
Thank you

fabounet, Monday 27 August 2012 à 01:05


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
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(Message added on the task #252)

GVFS support is now enabled by default if available

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[Locked] cairo dock will not interact with pcmanfm in lubuntu 11.10 [Bug #252]
Guest 11 fabounet [Read]
27 August 2012 à 01:05


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