This happens to me too, a screenshot can be found here: http://i.stack.imgur.com/veVhB.png
-- 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/894239 Title: Nautilus color gone; folder & file icons all look the same; cannot distinguish between them Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: In 3.2.1 Nautilus, the only colour to be found is on the back & forward arrows. Everything else is black & white. Folder icons are no longer folders. As with file icons, the folder icons look like a sheet of paper with the top, right corner folded over (dog-eared). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu3.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic-pae 3.0.6 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Nov 23 22:30:44 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (39 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/894239/+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