You have been subscribed to a public bug: nautilus crashes when copying apt archive to removable drive. prompts that lock file or something similar cannot be moved and crashes.
relevant section from syslog. Jun 29 07:29:47 SYMBIO kernel: [38963.364000] usb 5-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 Jun 29 07:29:48 SYMBIO kernel: [38963.496000] usb 5-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Jun 29 07:29:48 SYMBIO kernel: [38963.496000] scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Jun 29 07:29:48 SYMBIO kernel: [38963.496000] usb-storage: device found at 3 Jun 29 07:29:48 SYMBIO kernel: [38963.496000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Jun 29 07:29:48 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098588.408989] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4133_010125519E039096'). Jun 29 07:29:48 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098588.499833] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4133_010125519E039096_if0'). Jun 29 07:29:48 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098588.530420] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4133_010125519E039096_if0_scsi_host'). Jun 29 07:29:48 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098588.532143] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4133_010125519E039096_usbraw'). Jun 29 07:29:53 SYMBIO kernel: [38968.496000] usb-storage: device scan complete Jun 29 07:29:53 SYMBIO kernel: [38968.628000] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access CREATIVE Zen Photo (UMS) 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 Jun 29 07:29:53 SYMBIO kernel: [38968.628000] SCSI device sdb: 16777216 512-byte hdwr sectors (8590 MB) Jun 29 07:29:53 SYMBIO kernel: [38968.632000] sdb: Write Protect is off Jun 29 07:29:53 SYMBIO kernel: [38968.632000] sdb: Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08 Jun 29 07:29:53 SYMBIO kernel: [38968.632000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Jun 29 07:29:53 SYMBIO kernel: [38968.632000] SCSI device sdb: 16777216 512-byte hdwr sectors (8590 MB) Jun 29 07:29:53 SYMBIO kernel: [38968.632000] sdb: Write Protect is off Jun 29 07:29:53 SYMBIO kernel: [38968.632000] sdb: Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08 Jun 29 07:29:53 SYMBIO kernel: [38968.632000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Jun 29 07:29:55 SYMBIO kernel: [38968.632000] sdb: unknown partition table Jun 29 07:29:55 SYMBIO kernel: [38970.852000] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb Jun 29 07:29:55 SYMBIO kernel: [38970.852000] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Jun 29 07:29:55 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098595.570078] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4133_010125519E039096_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0'). Jun 29 07:29:55 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098595.601797] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4133_010125519E039096_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic'). Jun 29 07:29:58 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098598.226632] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_CREATIVE_Zen_Photo__UMS__010125519E039096_0_0'). Jun 29 07:30:00 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098600.721882] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_36DA_6B52'). Jun 29 07:30:00 SYMBIO hald: mounted /dev/sdb on behalf of uid 1000 Jun 29 07:30:02 SYMBIO /USR/SBIN/CRON[8786]: (root) CMD (test -x /etc/init.d/anacron && /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron start >/dev/null) Jun 29 07:30:02 SYMBIO anacron[8813]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2007-06-29 Jun 29 07:30:02 SYMBIO anacron[8813]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min. Jun 29 07:30:02 SYMBIO anacron[8813]: Will run job `cron.weekly' in 10 min. Jun 29 07:30:02 SYMBIO anacron[8813]: Jobs will be executed sequentially Jun 29 07:32:59 SYMBIO dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.0.1 port 67 Jun 29 07:33:32 SYMBIO last message repeated 4 times Jun 29 07:33:52 SYMBIO dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.0.1 port 67 Jun 29 07:33:55 SYMBIO kernel: [39211.060000] mtrr: no MTRR for d0000000,4000000 found Jun 29 07:34:12 SYMBIO dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.0.1 port 67 Jun 29 07:34:15 SYMBIO gconfd (root-8697): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Jun 29 07:34:20 SYMBIO gconfd (root-8697): Exiting Jun 29 07:34:21 SYMBIO gdm[8467]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 Jun 29 07:34:25 SYMBIO dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.0.1 port 67 Jun 29 07:34:25 SYMBIO dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1 Jun 29 07:35:00 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098900.987195] nm_hal_device_removed (): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4133_010125519E039096_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic'). Jun 29 07:35:01 SYMBIO hald[4426]: forcibly attempting to lazy unmount /dev/sdb as enclosing drive was disconnected Jun 29 07:35:01 SYMBIO hald: unmounted /dev/sdb from '/media/disk' on behalf of uid 0 Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO kernel: [39274.072000] VFS: busy inodes on changed media. Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO kernel: [39274.456000] sdb : READ CAPACITY failed. Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO kernel: [39274.456000] sdb : status=0, message=00, host=7, driver=00 Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO kernel: [39274.456000] sdb : sense not available. Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO kernel: [39274.560000] sdb: Write Protect is off Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO kernel: [39274.560000] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO kernel: [39274.560000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO kernel: [39276.336000] usb 5-8: USB disconnect, address 3 Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO anacron[8813]: Job `cron.daily' started Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098906.127785] nm_hal_device_removed (): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_36DA_6B52'). Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098906.128407] nm_hal_device_removed (): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_CREATIVE_Zen_Photo__UMS__010125519E039096_0_0'). Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098906.129038] nm_hal_device_removed (): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4133_010125519E039096_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun0'). Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098906.129542] nm_hal_device_removed (): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4133_010125519E039096_if0_scsi_host'). Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098906.160532] nm_hal_device_removed (): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4133_010125519E039096_if0'). Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098906.160601] nm_hal_device_removed (): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4133_010125519E039096'). Jun 29 07:35:06 SYMBIO NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1183098906.219963] nm_hal_device_removed (): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4133_010125519E039096_usbraw'). Jun 29 07:35:10 SYMBIO kernel: [39284.016000] [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map Jun 29 07:35:10 SYMBIO kernel: [39284.016000] [drm] Loading R300 Microcode Jun 29 07:35:10 SYMBIO kernel: [39284.016000] [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs Jun 29 07:35:16 SYMBIO anacron[8958]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2007-06-29 Jun 29 07:35:16 SYMBIO dhclient: bound to 192.168.0.5 -- renewal in 32658 seconds. Jun 29 07:36:15 SYMBIO syslogd 1.4.1#20ubuntu4: restart. ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- gnome crash when copying apt archives https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/122980 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs