Bug 107839 – Files created from nautilus context menu disappear from desktop

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jose daLuz 2005-10-01 21:00:59 UTC]

In nautilus-2.12.0, I create a file on the desktop from the context menu (Create
Document->Empty file).  I can rename it or not, enter content into it or leave
it empty, change permissions or leave them alone, but at some point within a few
minutes the file will disappear from the desktop.  Sometimes it reappears by
itself, but clicking on the desktop and hitting Ctrl-R will cause it to
reappear.  After it disappears it is not visible in the Places->Desktop view
either (reloading that also brings it back).  If I move the file to any other
folder and move it back to the desktop it no longer disappears.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create empty file from nautilus context menu.
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
File disappears from desktop.

Expected Results:  
File should not disappear from desktop.

Portage 2.0.52-r1 (default-linux/amd64/2005.1, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r1,
2.6.13-ck6 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.13-ck6 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre8
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5, 2.4.2
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.13
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.20
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env
/usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env
/usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config
/usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib64/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config
/var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/bmg-main /usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="amd64 X aac aalib alsa avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt
cups curl dbus eds emboss encode esd flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm
gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal howl imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde ldap libwww lzw
lzw-tiff mad maildir mikmod mono motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl ogg
oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl pic png python qt quicktime readline ruby samba
sdl speex spell sqlite ssl tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype-fonts
type1-fonts usb userlocales vorbis xine xml xml2 xmms xpm xv zlib userland_GNU
kernel_linux elibc_glibc"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS

[Comment 1 Jose daLuz 2005-10-01 21:21:00 UTC]

I spoke too soon about the workaround of copying the files.  I just had two of
the files that were copied to/from another folder disappear, while a third,
empty file remained behind.  Reloading brought them back.

[Comment 2 Jose daLuz 2005-10-06 20:22:51 UTC]

I'm going to say this one is fixed by Gnome 2.12.1, but I don't know which of
the Gnome packages I emerged today took care of it.  It's been several hours and
the aforementioned files have not disappeared.

[Comment 3 John N. Laliberte (RETIRED) 2005-10-07 04:58:19 UTC]

seems like a local problem, please re-open if its not fixed.