Opera Cannot Access Other Partition
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johnywhy last edited by
Opera cannot access a partition which the Linux user can access.
Eg, when i try to upload or download a file to that partition, Opera says:could not read the contents or /mnt
error opening directory
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johnywhy last edited by
Still getting the same problem. i have done the following:
Disable all extensions
Disable the ad-blocker
Reset flags to default
Create a clean profile folder/directorydid not Reset settings to default, cuz no instructions available. I cannot find operapref.ini.
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johnywhy last edited by
@leocg said in Opera Cannot Access Other Partition:
@johnywhy In Opera for Windows there is an option in settings to reset them. I guess Opera for Linux would have the same.
can you share image? i don't see that.
THX
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johnywhy last edited by
Solved.
Problem was: Opera was installed on Linux with Snap. Snap applications are unable to access external partitions.
Others have reported this issue.
THX
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johnywhy last edited by johnywhy
My Mint 19 xfce doesn't give write-access external partitions by default. This fix will give your Linux write-access.
This fix assumes you already have read-only access to the external partition. If you already have read-access to the drive, then your Linux has no problem with the partition format, whether NTFS, FAT32, or something else. Setting Linux-style permissions (chmod) on the external drive won't work if the drive is NTFS.
Caution: Non-advanced users should not mount their Windows operating system disk in Linux-- you can break your Windows if you accidentally alter a Windows system file. In my case, the external ntfs partition i'm mounting in Linux is not my Windows operating system disk-- it's just my document storage.
The fix is:
- disable fast-boot in Windows, and do a full Windows shutdown (rather than "Restart")
https://itsfoss.com/solve-ntfs-mount-problem-ubuntu-windows-8-dual-boot/ - tell Linux that the current user is "owner" of the drive, by appending their uid to the drive's mount-options. (this will be in-effect only while Linux is booted, and will not affect your Windows):
- In Linux, open a terminal, and enter id
- Copy the uid. On my Linux, it's:
uid=1000 - Open Disks program.
- In the left pane, pick the drive containing the external partition.
- In right pane, click the desired partition.
- Click the gear button, and pick Edit mount options
- Find the textbox above the "Mount Point" box. Type a comma at the end of the text already there. Then paste. Don't alter anything that's already there. My final line looks like:
nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,uid=1000 - Reboot Linux.
- Done.for when
This will give write-access to only the current Linux user (and no other Linux users). If you want to give access to all users in the same user-group as the current user, then instead of entering the
uidfrom the terminal-command above, enter thegid. Eg:
gid=1000If you don't have the Disks program, you have to directly edit a system configuration file, called fstab. Fstab file is found at:
/etc/fstab. But again, if your Linux already has read-access to the drive, then you don't have to worry about the myriad of fstab options-- just append your uid or gid to the current fstab settings for that partition. More info:
www.linuxstall.com/fstab/ - disable fast-boot in Windows, and do a full Windows shutdown (rather than "Restart")
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johnywhy last edited by
more info on Disks application:
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Disks
requires that you can run gnome software,
