Error - Nautilus cannot handle network: locations

[MountainX]

I set up an application launcher with this command:

gksudo "nautilus --no-desktop"

When I use the launcher, the Nautilus instance cannot handle any network locations.

It gives the error:
Nautilus cannot handle network: locations.
Couldn't display "network:///"


I have tried variations on the launcher command, but so far I have not found a solution.

[dcstar]

I set up an application launcher with this command:

gksudo "nautilus --no-desktop"

When I use the launcher, the Nautilus instance cannot handle any network locations.

It gives the error:
Nautilus cannot handle network: locations.
Couldn't display "network:///"


I have tried variations on the launcher command, but so far I have not found a solution.

gksudo "dbus-launch nautilus --no-desktop --browser %U"

[MountainX]

gksudo "dbus-launch nautilus --no-desktop --browser %U"

Thank you! I owe you a coffee!

here's what worked for me in a launcher

gksudo "dbus-launch nautilus --no-desktop --browser"

[MountainX]

This is also helpful:

$ nautilus --help-all

Usage:
nautilus [OPTION...] [URI...]

Browse the file system with the file manager

Help Options:
-?, --help Show help options
--help-all Show all help options
--help-gtk Show GTK+ Options
--help-bonobo-activation Show Bonobo Activation options
--help-gnome Show GNOME options
--help-gnome-session Show session management options

GTK+ Options
--class=CLASS Program class as used by the window manager
--name=NAME Program name as used by the window manager
--screen=SCREEN X screen to use
--sync Make X calls synchronous
--gtk-module=MODULES Load additional GTK+ modules
--g-fatal-warnings Make all warnings fatal

Bonobo Activation options:
--oaf-ior-fd=FD File descriptor to print IOR on
--oaf-activate-iid=IID IID to activate
--oaf-private Prevent registering of server with OAF

GNOME Library
--disable-sound Disable sound server usage
--enable-sound Enable sound server usage
--espeaker=HOSTNAME:PORT Host:port on which the sound server to use is running
--version

Session management:
--sm-client-id=ID Specify session management ID
--sm-config-prefix=PREFIX Specify prefix of saved configuration
--sm-disable Disable connection to session manager

Application Options:
-c, --check Perform a quick set of self-check tests.
-g, --geometry=GEOMETRY Create the initial window with the given geometry.
-n, --no-default-window Only create windows for explicitly specified URIs.
--no-desktop Do not manage the desktop (ignore the preference set in the preferences dialog).
--browser open a browser window.
-q, --quit Quit Nautilus.
-l, --load-session=FILENAME Load a saved session from the specified file. Implies "--no-default-window".
--display=DISPLAY X display to use

[MountainX]

FYI - using the command "gksudo "dbus-launch nautilus --no-desktop --browser" is dangerous!

The gksudo command "gksudo "dbus-launch nautilus --no-desktop --browser" starts a new nautilus process with root privledges. This new nautilus process continues to run (even after the nautilus window is closed) until the process is manually killed or the system is rebooted.

If you run this command once and someone later comes along and inserts any old USB disk into your computer, they will get root access without even having to type in a password! And this is true even if you ran the command days earlier (and haven't rebooted since).

The supported and preferred way to open files as root (via Nautilus) is to use a package named: nautilus-gksu. It is not installed by default, so you need to install it from the repositories with the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-gksu

Once installed, X needs to be restarted to start using the new feature(Restart X, reboot or run sudo killall nautilus).

To perform an action on a file as root, you would then navigate to the file (or directory). Then right click on the file or directory, and you will see a new option named "Open as administrator".

That should allow you to edit files as root, but also prevent any new windows that are opened via a USB mount, from being opened as root.