Re: Gio library on Debian Lenny

[Richard Shann <richard shann virgin net>]

On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 19:12 +0300, Paul Pogonyshev wrote:
> Richard Shann wrote:
> > Does anyone know if the gio library is working for getting files from
> > the internet in the latest Debian Lenny distribution, x86?
>
> You probably need GVFS package.  GIO itself doesn't contain any
> implementations for remote access, only interfaces and local access,
> AFAIK.
Thank you for your quick reply. I have installed the gvfs package and
the g_file_read() function now does not return, which is progress of a
sort! (I realize there is an asynchronous version, but as the page is
fetchable, I presume this ought to be returning).
gdb says that it is blocked in __kernel_vsyscall () which sounds
reasonable; any thoughts on what to try next? (I guess strace might
help ...). Or am I missing something obvious? I didn't start any demon
associated with the gvfs package... I just let synaptic install it...
Thanks again,

Richard