Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
A similar bug was filed 2 years ago for Openoffice (Bug #411035). I'm
filing this new report as it seems to me that it does not affect
openoffice or libreoffice in particular, but all non-GTK apps. Please
feel free to mark this as duplicate and change the affected package in
bug #411035 if needed.
This bug could be a good papercut for the oneiric cycle, as it affects a
lot of people, has a rather important effect on the default desktop
experience and should be quite easy to fix (though i have no idea on how
to do that).
Opening a file from nautilus or from the unity file lens with a non-GTK
application does not display a busy cursor while the application is starting.
This behavior raises two problems:
* The desktop experience is inconsistent, as GTK and non-GTK apps do not
behave the same way.
* Most importantly, on slow (i.e. netbooks) and middle-range computer, the
application may take several seconds to start, without any feedback to the
user. Most of the time, i have experienced that the user believes that the
computer is not doing anything. He/she double-clicks again (and again). Then
the file opens twice or more times. Frustrating.
Applications that I have tested: Libreoffice, VLC, Scribus, Audacity.
Steps to reproduce:
* Open a libreoffice file from nautilus or the Unity file lens.
* or... open any other file with a non-GTK app (VLC / .avi, Scribus / .sla,
Audacity / .mp3 etc.)
Observed : nothing, until the application starts
Expected: a busy mouse cursor is displayed until the application starts
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: nautilus 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jun 16 11:29:09 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=es_DO:fr:en
LANG=es_DO.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (46 days ago)
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty running-unity
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