I’m moving from Windows 10 to Linux Mint. I have exported my data on Windows to a non-system SSD drive, which is then mounted under Linux. However GRAMPS (5.1.6) import under ‘Other Locations’ can only see ‘Computer’ and even that doesn’t show the mounted SSD drive. (When I run GRAMPS under ZORIN 17…

Can you show a screen shot of your file selector? Mine shows all external drives in the left column, just like they’re shown in Nemo. My drives are all visible inside /media/enno, and I can access that folder via Computer. How did you mount it? I just plug it in, and I’m using Mint 21.2 Cinnamon.

I know on a windows box, the drives have to be mounted before you start Gramps.

Hope these help. I’m also on Mint 21.2 Cinnamon. The disk in question is automatically mounted by the system via an entry in FSTAB. [Computer] Glad to hear that it works for someone. Is it a protection issue?

Yes, that’s fine. Its Linux Mint whereI’m having the problem

I’m not an experienced LINUX user so I don’t pretend to understand why, but there are two versions in the Software Manager - the System Package offering 5.1.5-1 of GRAMPS and the Flatpack version offering 5.1.6-1. I chose the Flatpack version which doesn’t show the external disk. I’ve replaced it wi…

I don’t think that it’s a protection issue, but if you mount it via fstab, it has a mount point, which I assume is just a place in your home folder, and not in the media one, where all automatic mounts seem to be added. With fixed mounts, like yours, the mount table should reveal where it is. Can y…

Be patient. Installing the newest version from Git on Mint needs some manual installing. It’s better to not use that version for Linux beginners.

Thanks for the reply. I’m happy to use the “system” version rather than the “flatpack” and will do some more research into the ‘dark arts’ of Linux!!

Note that if you install 5.1.5 from the Linux repositories, it will install some extra libraries. And they will not disappear when you install 5.1.6 from the downloaded .deb file later. Also, some add-ons require libraries that are not installed with Gramps in either case. And for those, you can of…

Gramps can't see my mounted drives under Linux Mint for import

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Gramps can't see my mounted drives under Linux Mint for import

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