Bug#932410: nautilus: drag-and-drop of files/folders is failing

Mike Echo mikael.elouadi at gmail.com
Tue Dec 3 08:51:08 GMT 2019


On Fri, 19 Jul 2019 00:50:58 +0300 Cagatay Aydin <
aydincagatay at yandex.com> wrote:
> Package: nautilus
> Version: 3.30.5-2
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> Since I did a fresh install of Debian 10, nautilus is quite
frequently
> failing to drag and drop files and folders. By failing, I mean there
is
> no error on the GUI side, but also it is as if I have never done the
> drag-and-drop, everything stays in their old place. I could not find
a
> certain pattern to replicate the issue but it happens a lot. Also,
> after a while this happens, nautilus crashes with segfault (not
> always).
>
> In case it matters, I have `gdm 3.30.2-3` and using Wayland.
>
>
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where
> appropriate ***
>
>    * What led up to the situation?
> Drag-and-drop files/folders (no external drives). No appearant
> way to replicate, but happens frequently.
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> Could not find a solution yet.
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
> On the GUI side, drag-and-dropped files remain at their old
> location, no error displays.
> Here is the relevant part from my syslog:
> ```
> Jul 18 23:56:23 myhostname nautilus[19573]:
> ../../../../../gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c:261: error reading
> selection buffer: Operation was cancelled
> Jul 18 23:56:23 myhostname nautilus[19573]:
> ../../../../../gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c:261: error reading
> selection buffer: Operation was cancelled
> Jul 18 23:56:23 myhostname nautilus[19573]:
> ../../../../../gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c:261: error reading
> selection buffer: Operation was cancelled
> Jul 18 23:56:23 myhostname nautilus[19573]:
> ../../../../../gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c:261: error reading
> selection buffer: Operation was cancelled
> Jul 18 23:56:59 myhostname nautilus[19573]:
> ../../../../../gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c:261: error reading
> selection buffer: Operation was cancelled
> Jul 18 23:56:59 myhostname nautilus[19573]:
> ../../../../../gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c:261: error reading
> selection buffer: Operation was cancelled
> Jul 18 23:57:27 myhostname nautilus[19573]:
> ../../../../../gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c:261: error reading
> selection buffer: Operation was cancelled
> Jul 18 23:57:27 myhostname nautilus[19573]:
> ../../../../../gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c:261: error reading
> selection buffer: Operation was cancelled
> Jul 18 23:59:45 myhostname nautilus[19573]: g_object_ref: assertion
> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
> Jul 18 23:59:45 myhostname nautilus[19573]: g_object_ref: assertion
> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
> Jul 18 23:59:45 myhostname nautilus[19573]: g_object_ref: assertion

Same issue with a Debian 10.2 (GNOME) fresh install. Is there any
workaround or news ?
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