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Desktop URL shortcuts, added from Firefox, are not movable

Bug #1310864 reported by Renat on 2014-04-22

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1278437: can't move link type .desktop files around on desktop. Edit Remove

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Nautilus	New	Undecided	Unassigned
	firefox (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Let's open http://www.ubuntu.com/ at Firefox, an then let's drag "Earth" icon left to site's URL, and drop it to the surface of our desktop-worktable. For now all is fine, icon-link (actually "The leading OS for PC, tablet, phone and cloud | Ubuntu.desktop" file at ~/Desktop) was created, we can open Ubuntu.com site by clicking it. We can delete it, or move to other folder as well. But we can't move it over the desktop surface, error message will be shown after such attempt:
Error while copying “/”.
There was an error copying the file into /home/renat/Desktop.
Error opening file '/': Is a directory

"The leading OS for PC, tablet, phone and cloud | Ubuntu.desktop" file is definitely a file, not a folder, it contains this data:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Link to The leading OS for PC, tablet, phone and cloud | Ubuntu
Type=Link
URL=http://www.ubuntu.com/
Icon=text-html

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: firefox 28.0+build2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: renat 1822 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: renat 1822 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20140410211200
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Apr 22 05:07:01 2014
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-21 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.1.3 dev eth0 proto static
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.149 metric 1
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
PrefSources: prefs.js
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=28.0/20140410211200
RelatedPackageVersions:
rhythmbox-mozilla 3.0.2-0ubuntu1
totem-mozilla 3.10.1-1ubuntu4
RfKill:

RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1401
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1401:bd06/11/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A88TD-VEVO/USB3:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

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Renat (deymos34) wrote on 2014-04-22:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (43.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (61.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (257 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (5.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (8.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IpAddr.txt Edit (825 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (434 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (17.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciNetwork.txt Edit (727 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Plugins.txt Edit (599 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Prefs.txt Edit (595 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (305 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PulseList.txt Edit (26.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (231.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Felix Kay (felix-kiessling) on 2014-05-21

description:

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-05-21:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Felix Kay (felix-kiessling) wrote on 2014-05-21:

Similar to Bug #1278437 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1278437)

Confirming this for my Trusty with a slight difference in the behavior: When moving URLs the URL is copied and produces a local HTML file. If I hold CAPS a error message appears, if I hold CTR + CAPS nothing happens at all.

Expected correct behavior: When moving a URL on the desktop it actually moves and does not run the commond of "copy".

Assignment to Firefox might be wrong because it happens in the same way with Google Chrome. So we should probably assign this to Nautilus in Ubuntu 14.04.

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Matt Billx (mbbillx) wrote on 2016-05-03:

I am having the same problems reported in this thread. Does anyone find this humorous and ironic:

Ubuntu.com takes us to "Link to The leading OS for PC, tablet, phone and cloud | Ubuntu"... dragging a link to that location on our desktop-workspace produces a link titled "Link to The leading OS for PC, tablet, phone and cloud | Ubuntu" BUT! That link cannot be moved, meaning we cannot organize our workspace, thereby rendering our Ubuntu desktop disorganized/unorganizable.

Please tell me how Ubuntu claims to be "The leading OS for PC, tablet, phone and cloud | Ubuntu" when this basic feature of organizing one's "desktop" is practically unusable.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1310864