** Changed in: nautilus Status: Unknown => New ** Changed in: nautilus Importance: Unknown => Medium
-- 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/1278437 Title: can't move link type .desktop files around on desktop Status in Nautilus: New Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: If I have a .desktop file with Type=Link on my desktop and try to move it around it doesn't stay where I drop it but goes back where it was before and tries to download the URL it is referring to instead. Save the following as e.g. test.desktop in your ~/Desktop folder and try to move it around on the desktop: [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Link Name=test URL=https://launchpad.net/index.html This affects at least 13.10 and 14.04. In 13.10 Nautilus crashes if the URL as a file:// URL referring to a file on your desktop. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-7.26-generic 3.13.1 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-7-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Feb 10 14:06:24 2014 GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (122 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386 (20130925.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-07 (64 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1278437/+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