I do not believe this is a NFS issue because I receive the same issue using smbfs mounted in /media/remotedrive. Nautilus fails to respond when the network becomes unavailable.
I have a workaround thats annoying, but works. Execute the following commands in the Alt+F2 prompt. 1. gksudo umount /media/remotedrive 2. killall nautilus Steps to reproduce 1. Create a samba share on a remote computer 2. Install the smbfs package 3. Add an entry in fstab to mount your remote share //remoteserver/export /media/remotedrive smbfs rw,noauto,user,async,uid=1000,gid=1000,credentials=secretfile 0 0 4. Remove the computer from the network (physically) At this point, Nautilus stops responding. uname -a Linux xxxxxxxx 2.6.35-27-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 22 20:25:29 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164120 Title: file manager hangs when mounted nfs drive is no longer accessible -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
