[Portland-bugs] [Bug 21728] New: xdg-open does not mount a location prior to attempting to open it

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21728

           Summary: xdg-open does not mount a location prior to attempting
                    to open it
           Product: Portland
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: https://bugs.launchpad.net/do/+bug/311620
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: xdg-utils
        AssignedTo: portland-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: philip.peitsch at gmail.com


As described in the linked bug on launchpad.  Gnome-do uses xdg-open to open
files & folders.  When attempting to open a bookmark on a networked computer
using gnome-do however, the folder fails to open, and if gnome-do is run from a
command-line window, it will report the error: 

Error showing url: The specified location is not mounted

It would be desirable for xdg-open to take care of attempting to mount these,
similar to what happens if the bookmark is clicked on in either nautilus or
through the gnome main menu.

The example presented in the launchpad thread by Robert Dyer states:

This is a problem with xdg-open (which is used by Do to launch URIs) and not
Do.

$ xdg-open "smb://smbserver/www/"
Error showing url: The specified location is not mounted

$ nautilus "smb://smbserver/www/" -> works

Digging through the Nautilus source I can see they check if it is mounted, and
do a mount if it is not. It seems like maybe xdg-open is checking if it is
mounted before calling the appropriate application (Nautilus). Please file a
bug report with their maintainers.


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