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regarding nautilus: Spinning wheel when "have file manager handle the desktop"
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668862: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668862
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: nautilus
Version: 3.2.1-3
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
I have turned on "Have file manager handle the desktop" in Gnome 3 Advanced
Settings. Now when I open a folder by clicking the file manager from the Dash,
or by selecting e.g. Places -> Home Folder in fallback/classic mode, the window
opens with the mouse cursor as a spinning wheel. The wheel is there for about
15-17 seconds and then goes back to the usual arrow. The file manager seems
normally usable during this time, but it's just difficult to point at stuff
with a wheel. On the contrary, if I launch nautilus from gnome-terminal, then
things seem normal, no spinning wheel.
If I turn off "Have file manager handle the desktop", then no spinning wheel
appears either (even if launched from the Dash or Places menu).
I have tried this with a fresh user account as well, so I don't think it has
anything to do with how many or what files I have in my home directory.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii desktop-file-utils 0.18-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.2.0-2
ii gvfs 1.10.1-2+b1
ii libatk1.0-0 2.2.0-2
ii libc6 2.13-27
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.10.2-7
ii libcairo2 1.10.2-7
ii libexempi3 2.2.0-1
ii libexif12 0.6.20-2
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-3.1
ii libfreetype6 2.4.9-1
ii libgail-3-0 3.2.3-1
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.24.1-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.30.2-6
ii libglib2.0-data 2.30.2-6
ii libgnome-desktop-3-2 3.2.1-3
ii libgtk-3-0 3.2.3-1
ii libnautilus-extension1a 3.2.1-3
ii libnotify4 0.7.5-1
ii libpango1.0-0 1.29.4-3+b1
ii libselinux1 2.1.9-2
ii libtracker-sparql-0.14-0 0.14.0-2
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-4
ii libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-7
ii nautilus-data 3.2.1-3
ii shared-mime-info 0.90-1
Versions of packages nautilus recommends:
ii brasero 3.2.0-4
ii eject 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-10
ii gnome-sushi 0.4.0-1
ii gvfs-backends 1.10.1-2+b1
ii librsvg2-common 2.36.0-5
Versions of packages nautilus suggests:
ii eog 3.2.2-2+b1
ii evince [pdf-viewer] 3.2.1-1
ii totem 3.0.1-8
ii tracker 0.14.0-2
ii xdg-user-dirs 0.14-1
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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