Share to Device missing from Context Menu of nautilus
ujwalnk opened this issue · comments
Describe the bug
The context menu, share to device appeared for a while and suddenly disappeared recently. I can share files using the icon at the top bar, but nothing in the Nautilus context menu.
I seem to have all the required dependencies, i.e. nautilus-python, python3-gobject (Not able to install python2-gobject), nautilus-extensions.x86_64 & gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect.x86_64.
Also there doesn't seem to be any option for nautilus integration in the gs connect app device preferences.
I am running Fedora 40 (Workstation Edition), Gnome 46 Wayland.
Thanks in advance for the help.
PS. Another qa-form mentioned the default file-browser app not being called Nautilus, but Files in Gnome 46. If that helps???
Steps to reproduce
Fresh install of Fedora 40, with GS Connect.
Expected behavior
A context menu option, Share to device should appear allowing sharing of files.
GSConnect version
GS Connect 57
Installed from
GNOME Extensions website
GNOME Shell version
Gnome 46
Linux distribution/release
Fedora 40 (Workstation Edition)
Paired device(s)
Samsung M21, Samsung S6 Lite
KDE Connect app version
1.30.1
Plugin(s)
No response
Support log
No response
Screenshots
Able to share files from the top bar icon
No context menu on nautilus
Notes
No response
https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/wiki/Installation#optional-features
After installing optional dependency, you need to restart Nautilus
Ah, no, I see the problem.
@ujwalnk When using the distro-packaged GSConnect on Fedora, to get file manager integration you need to also install the nautilus-gsconnect RPM.
sudo dnf install nautilus-gsconnectThe Fedora packager for GSConnect has taken the nonsense position that file manager integration is not a "core functionality" of the extension, and so has refused to add even soft dependencies; users are forced to discover the existence of nautilus-gsconnect and nemo-gsconnect for themselves. Sorry!
(You may also want to sudo dnf install webextension-gsconnect, as that package contains the bits that integrate with the browser extension to provide the link-sending and open-on-device features.)
Oh, sorry, one thing I just noticed:
You mentioned having the extension installed from the Extensions website, but also having the gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect RPM installed. That means you're actually NOT using the extension installed from extensions.gnome.org; the one installed to the system (in /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/) will override it.
So the alternative solution is to do this:
sudo dnf remove gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect...which will cause your session to use the extension installed from e.g.o to $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/. That version will have the webextension hooks and file-manager integration enabled.