{"id":47,"date":"2007-05-17T02:37:35","date_gmt":"2007-05-17T02:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techa.nanosleep.org\/wp\/index.php\/2007\/05\/17\/gvfs-progress\/"},"modified":"2019-08-22T23:45:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T21:45:28","slug":"gvfs-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hpjansson.org\/blag\/2007\/05\/17\/gvfs-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"GVFS Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Larsson has been <a href=\"\/\/mail.gnome.org\/archives\/gnome-vfs-list\/2007-February\/msg00005.html\">hacking like a whirlwind<\/a>, bringing us the <a href=\"\/\/mail.gnome.org\/archives\/gnome-vfs-list\/2006-September\/msg00023.html\">next generation<\/a> in <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virtual_file_system\" rel=\"nofollow\">VFS<\/a> services for the desktop, GVFS. By now, a lot of the planned functionality is done, and we even have a partially done <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filesystem_in_Userspace\" rel=\"nofollow\">FUSE<\/a> frontend which will let legacy apps that can\u2019t or won\u2019t link with GVFS access the user\u2019s mounts under ~\/.vfs\/.<\/p>\n<p>Alex\u2019 master repository does not have the FUSE module yet, so you can get it from my repository in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the SMB backend is pretty flaky, frequently locking up when reading directory information or file data from remote shares. So if you\u2019re a <strong>debugging hotshot<\/strong> and you want to help bring desktop file browsing to the next level, here\u2019s your chance!<\/p>\n<p>GVFS is pretty easy to set up and test:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clone, build, install to $prefix.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you have a working D-Bus setup.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you have the FUSE kernel module installed.<\/li>\n<li>mkdir ~\/.vfs<\/li>\n<li>$prefix\/libexec\/gvfs-daemon<\/li>\n<li>$prefix\/libexec\/gvfs-fuse-daemon -f ~\/.vfs<\/li>\n<li>$prefix\/bin\/gvfs-mount smb:\/\/server\/share<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new mount should show up under ~\/.vfs\/, and you can explore it from there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Larsson has been hacking like a whirlwind, bringing us the next generation in VFS services for the desktop, GVFS. 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