OK, I noticed something that may give the solution: To extract something, you are displayed a dialog named "Extract" which allows you to pick the destination of the files and some options. The dialog is a variant of the standard "Open"/"Save" dialogs of Gnome. These dialogs have on the top side a list of buttons that mirror the path of the displayed directory. In my case, this means a button for my home folder, followed by a button for the Desktop (the displayed folder) and preceded by a left-pointing arrow to go higher in the hierarchy. (There's also a "Create folder" button.)
To the left of this string of buttons, there's a button with an "edit text" icon. When clicked, this hides/displays a line of text-entry just below the buttons, labeled "Location". You can enter a relative path in that line, and navigating around using the icons below changes its contents in some weird way. OK, the point is, the problem I reported above only shows when that line is displayed. If the line is hidden, everything works OK. (i.e., the extract button works.) If the line is displayed, it only works after rummaging a bit through the files. I'm not sure what's wrong with it, but I believe it thinks you didn't choose a directory until you do some navigation. There must be some hidden variable there, because the line is empty when the dialog is displayed, and it doesn't work, but after walking a bit on the disk and returning to the desktop it's still empty, the whole dialog looks exactly the same as in the beginning, but now it works. -- extracting doesn't work right https://launchpad.net/bugs/80755 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
