Cannot open nautilus "preference settings" under gnome flashback sessi

[Wei Tsui]

There is no button or menu item to open nautilus preference settings under Gnome Flashback Session.

Maybe a good solution to show menu always:

in source code ( nautilus-3.14.2/src/nautilus-window-menus.c )

Line 761 =>

-- if (show_menubar)
++ if (TRUE)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.14.2-0ubuntu15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity
Date: Mon Nov 23 07:09:20 2015
GsettingsChanges:

JournalErrors:
 Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority', 'warning'] failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
       Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
       turn off this notice.
 No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus:
 evince 3.18.2-1ubuntu1
 file-roller 3.16.4-1ubuntu3
 gnome-terminal 3.18.2-1ubuntu2
 totem 3.18.1-1ubuntu2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Mario (marcorr70)]

Yes it's possible to access to "preferences". In nautilus, at top bar, where you read "files" "arhivos" (in spanish), right click and you have a contextual menu. There you see preferences.

[Robin (robingape)]

Mario,
what you describe is how it works in Unity in 16.04. The menu is correctly shown in Unity, according to the menu settings. However, in GNOME Flashback, in Ubuntu 16.04, no menu is shown.

In Ubuntu 14.04, there is a gearwheel icon shown. In Ubuntu 16.04, that icon is missing.

[Katateochi (katateochi)]

Can confirm what Mario is saying. It's a 16.04 + Genome flashback problem, no gearwheel icon is shown.

[Norbert (nrbrtx)]

Also seen on AskUbuntu (https://askubuntu.com/q/997845/66509).