Bug#286317: Problem Not Fixed and More Information

[Steve Fosdick]

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.8.2-2
Severity: normal

I am having a very similar problem with using nautilus to edit=20
launchers.

Having chosen Start Here/Applications and then created some sub-directories=
, if I open one of the subdirectories, right click, pick "Create Launcher" =
fill in the fields in the dialog box that pops up and click "OK" the new la=
uncher does not appear in nautilus's view of that directory and doesn't app=
ear on the panel menu either.

I think occasionaly this has been resolved by logging out and then back in =
again.  Choosing View/Reload from the menu does not cause nautilus to find =
the newly created .desktop file.

Digging around I found that nautilus is creating a .desktop file in .gnome2=
/vfolders/applications but that there is also an applications.vfolder-info =
file which doesn't seem to get updated.  If I manually edit the file and ad=
d a line <Include>full-pathname</Include> where full-pathname is the pathna=
me for the .desktop file, then log out/login in the launcher then appears b=
oth in the panel menu and in nautilus's view of the application directory.

In case it makes any difference I have upgraded gnome-panel and libstartup-=
notification0 from 'unstable' with an otherwise 'testing' system as bug 291=
185/292588 was driving me mad.

Steve.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10
Locale: LANG=3Den_GB.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=3Den_GB.ISO-8859-15=20
(charmap=3DISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  capplets                 1:2.8.1-3       configuration applets for GNOM=
E 2
ii  desktop-file-utils       0.9-1           Utilities for .desktop files
ii  libart-2.0-2             2.3.16-6        Library of functions for 2D gr=
aphi
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.8.0-4         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0            0.2.6-5         Open-source version of SGI's a=
udio
ii  libbonobo2-0             2.8.0-4         Bonobo CORBA interfaces librar=
y
ii  libbonoboui2-0           2.8.0-2         The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                    2.3.2.ds1-20    GNU C Library: Shared librarie=
s an
ii  libeel2-2                2.8.2-1         Eazel Extensions Library (for =
GNOM
ii  libesd-alsa0 [libesd0]   0.2.35-2        Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA=
) -
ii  libexif10                0.6.9-4         The EXIF library allows you to=
 par
ii  libgail-common           1.8.2-1         GNOME Accessibility Implementa=
tion
ii  libgail17                1.8.2-1         GNOME Accessibility Implementa=
tion
ii  libgconf2-4              2.8.1-4         GNOME configuration database s=
yste
ii  libglade2-0              1:2.4.1-2       library to load .glade files a=
t ru
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.6.1-3         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2       2.8.1-2         Utility library for loading .d=
eskt
ii  libgnome2-0              2.8.0-6         The GNOME 2 library - runtime =
file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0        2.8.0-1         A powerful object-oriented dis=
play
ii  libgnomeui-0             2.8.0-3         The GNOME 2 libraries (User In=
terf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0           2.8.3-9         The GNOME virtual file-system =
libr
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.4.14-2        The GTK+ graphical user interf=
ace
ii  libice6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnautilus2-2           2.8.2-2         libraries for nautilus compone=
nts
ii  liborbit2                1:2.10.2-1.1    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA=
 ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.6.0-3         Layout and rendering of intern=
atio
ii  libpopt0                 1.7-5           lib for parsing cmdline parame=
ters
ii  librsvg2-2               2.8.1-2         SAX-based renderer library for=
 SVG
ii  libsm6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Session Manage=
ment
ii  libstartup-notification0 0.8-1           library for program launch fee=
dbac
ii  libx11-6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol clien=
t li
ii  libxml2                  2.6.11-5        GNOME XML library
ii  nautilus-data            2.8.2-2         data files for nautilus
ii  shared-mime-info         0.15-1          FreeDesktop.org shared MIME da=
taba
ii  xlibs                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) con=
figu
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.2-3       compression library - runtime