Bug#668862: nautilus: Spinning wheel when "have file manager handle the desktop" is on

[Allan]

Package: nautilus
Version: 3.2.1-3
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I have turned on "Have file manager handle the desktop" in Gnome 3 Advanced
Settings. Now when I open a folder by clicking the file manager from the Dash,
or by selecting e.g. Places -> Home Folder in fallback/classic mode, the window
opens with the mouse cursor as a spinning wheel. The wheel is there for about
15-17 seconds and then goes back to the usual arrow. The file manager seems
normally usable during this time, but it's just difficult to point at stuff
with a wheel. On the contrary, if I launch nautilus from gnome-terminal, then
things seem normal, no spinning wheel.

If I turn off "Have file manager handle the desktop", then no spinning wheel
appears either (even if launched from the Dash or Places menu).

I have tried this with a fresh user account as well, so I don't think it has
anything to do with how many or what files I have in my home directory.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  desktop-file-utils         0.18-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas  3.2.0-2
ii  gvfs                       1.10.1-2+b1
ii  libatk1.0-0                2.2.0-2
ii  libc6                      2.13-27
ii  libcairo-gobject2          1.10.2-7
ii  libcairo2                  1.10.2-7
ii  libexempi3                 2.2.0-1
ii  libexif12                  0.6.20-2
ii  libfontconfig1             2.8.0-3.1
ii  libfreetype6               2.4.9-1
ii  libgail-3-0                3.2.3-1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0         2.24.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.30.2-6
ii  libglib2.0-data            2.30.2-6
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-2       3.2.1-3
ii  libgtk-3-0                 3.2.3-1
ii  libnautilus-extension1a    3.2.1-3
ii  libnotify4                 0.7.5-1
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.29.4-3+b1
ii  libselinux1                2.1.9-2
ii  libtracker-sparql-0.14-0   0.14.0-2
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.4.4-4
ii  libxml2                    2.7.8.dfsg-7
ii  nautilus-data              3.2.1-3
ii  shared-mime-info           0.90-1

Versions of packages nautilus recommends:
ii  brasero          3.2.0-4
ii  eject            2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-10
ii  gnome-sushi      0.4.0-1
ii  gvfs-backends    1.10.1-2+b1
ii  librsvg2-common  2.36.0-5

Versions of packages nautilus suggests:
ii  eog                  3.2.2-2+b1
ii  evince [pdf-viewer]  3.2.1-1
ii  totem                3.0.1-8
ii  tracker              0.14.0-2
ii  xdg-user-dirs        0.14-1

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