[scribus] "Open Existing" dialog never displays anything

[ale rimoldi]

hi

> >> When I do that and hit the "Change" button... I get a "Choose a
> >> Directory"
> >> window that never populates.
> >>
> >> That, presumably, is a big, fat, hairy clue to the cognoscenti.
> >>
> >>   Doc
> >>
> >> PS FWIW, the actual entry currently in the Documents part of the
> >> dialog is my
> >> home directory: /home/n7dr.
> >>
> > Hmm. This suggests some kind of problem that is not Scribus's fault,
> > not
> > that I know where the fault lies.
> 
> 
> 
> maybe a stupid question, but what are the permissions of /home/n7dr
> and for that matter, do you have a /home/n7dr directory

i wonder if something somehow does not like a number in the home name...

i don't know, something is skewed there... and it's probably something
stupid... not your fault, but still stupid!
so, i think that stupid questions are not really the worse approach in
this case!

ciao
a.l.e