SUMMARY I tried to open compare some files from an external drive mounted on /media/<user>/<MyDrive> but I sow that /media directory can't be seen. I mounted the external drive to /home folder, but the /home/<user> is seen as empty folder. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: MxLinux: MX-23.2_KDE_x64 Libretto, based on Debian 12.5, KDE Plasma 5.27.5 Thank you!
Created attachment 168110 [details] Home folder is empty The /home folder is seen as empty folder but isn't
Created attachment 168111 [details] /media folder can't be seen
The same behavior is for Kompare. Both application were installed using flatpak: sudo flatpak install -y flathub org.kde.kdiff3 sudo flatpak install -y flathub org.kde.kompare When I saw that the /home/user_name folder is seed as empty even if this is not empty and /media folder can't be seen, I tried using next commands: sudo flatpak override kde.org.kdiff3 --filesystem=host sudo flatpak override kde.org.kompare --filesystem=host but the results is the same. but
Not a bug. Bad report, wrong command syntax. Please educate yourself on what flatpak is, how it works and how to properly give permissions. Better use a GUI instead. Closed.
My apologies for the rather turse auto reply and closure. I am overruling the closure as kdiff3 can and should ajust its default permisions. Flatpack by default is highly restrictive on what apps are permitted to do. For kdiff3 this is excessive.
kdiff3 will has bee adjusted to use --filesystem=home as its default ship setting. Further opening of the permissions should be done by configuration at the install site. This is now resolved for KDiff3.
I don't know who maintains the Flatpak for Kompare on Flathub. I don't.
I can can check the repo. on invent.kde.org. Any config file would be there if its mantianed on kde's systems. I would also be willing to do the MR. Hopeful that will get to the right person.
(In reply to Silviu from comment #3) > The same behavior is for Kompare. > Both application were installed using flatpak: > sudo flatpak install -y flathub org.kde.kdiff3 > sudo flatpak install -y flathub org.kde.kompare > > When I saw that the /home/user_name folder is seed as empty even if this is > not empty and /media folder can't be seen, I tried using next commands: > sudo flatpak override kde.org.kdiff3 --filesystem=host > sudo flatpak override kde.org.kompare --filesystem=host > > but the results is the same. > > but The correct syntax is sudo flatpak override org.kde.kompare --filesystem=host Problem solved?
From kdiff3s perspective this is resolved in the default settings. Manual override on your machine can also be done by command line or in some distros a plugin for system settings maybe provided .