I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 and installed some alternative desktop environments. The behavior with the Unity and the GNOME desktops is what Romano describes. With MATE (the Linux Mint desktop) I get the old error "The specified location is not supported". That could mean that the error is in how the desktop environment handles the information passed to it by TB,
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151162 Title: drag n drop attachments is broken Status in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail and News: Confirmed Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: thunderbird Dragging and dropping an attachment produces a draggable icon which, when released to the desktop, disappears. So, it looks like drag n drop is going to work... but it doesn't. Attachments must be saved in other ways (right-click and using open/save dialog box, etc.). Attachments should either not turn into draggable icons, or else drag 'n' drop attachments should actually work. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Oct 9 20:43:42 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10 NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal Package: mozilla-thunderbird 2.0.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: thunderbird Uname: Linux ddumanis-laptop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Oct 9 09:51:52 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/151162/+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