The behaviour described in this bug report was introduced as a fix for bug #753938. Thus, the solution for bug #753938 is actually the source of problem for this bug report. In order to fix this bug, the changes made for bug #753938 has to be reverted. I've located the appropriate code section, commented it out and re-compiled unity. That resolved the problem. I've already submitted the fix. I've attached a diff file to show the changes I made to the unity source code.
** Attachment added: "diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1170647/+attachment/4139820/+files/diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1170647 Title: Clicking on Nautilus’ launcher icon opens new window instead of restoring the minimized one when browsing external drives/locations Status in “bamf” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Sometimes left clicking the nautilus launcher icon doesn't bring up a minimized nautilus window. Instead of restoring the window a new instance of nautilus is showing up. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open a nautilus window by clicking on the launcher icon. 2. Navigate to a symlinked directory whose target is located on a different harddrive (for example: a symlink to a folder on a sd-card). 3. Minimize the nautilus window. 4. Try to bring up that window again by clicking the launcher icon. What happens: 1. A new instance (window) of nautilus is opened. 2. There's no obvious way to access the first window again. The only way is ALT+TAB. What schould happen: If a nautilus window is already open and minimized clicking the launcher icon should bring up that window. This was the behavior of nautilus windows in Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal). Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail (development branch) nautilus 3.6.3-0ubuntu16 unity 7.0.0daily13.04.18~13.04-0ubuntu1 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu16 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-18.28-generic 3.8.6 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-18-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Apr 19 11:33:13 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'814x493+136+38'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'182' InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-07-23 (635 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-14 (4 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bamf/+bug/1170647/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
