Files (Nautilus) does not appear in Launcher or Alt-Tab

Bug #1646420 reported by David D Lowe
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nautilus (Ubuntu)
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unity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When Nautilus is unpinned, it does not show up in the Launcher, even when it is running. It does not show up the list displayed by alt-tab either. Even when Nautilus is pinned, it does not indicate (with a tiny arrow to the left of the icon) that it is running, and clicking on the icon in the launcher doesn't switch to it.

This is regression from bug #1578792.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: unity 7.5.0+16.10.20160906.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-28.30-generic 4.8.6
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 340.98 Mon Sep 19 17:31:03 PDT 2016
 GCC version: gcc version 6.2.0 20161005 (Ubuntu 6.2.0-5ubuntu12)
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Dec 1 10:51:33 2016
DistUpgraded: 2016-10-13 21:56:42,291 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_fix_proprietary.py'
DistroCodename: yakkety
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] [10de:1380] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] [1462:8a9b]
MachineType: ASUS All Series
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.8.0-28-generic root=/dev/mapper/vgcherries-vgcherriesroot ro cryptopts=target=cryptcherries,source=/dev/disk/by-uuid/1ae5c201-a8c8-458f-a364-6cda7717c24f,lvm=vgcherries quiet splash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-13 (48 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/24/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1003
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: H81M-K
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.:bvr1003:bd10/24/2014:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnH81M-K:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: All Series
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.0+16.10.20160818.2-0ubuntu2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.70-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.3-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 12.0.3-1ubuntu2
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.1-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160706-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-2
xserver.bootTime: Thu Dec 1 10:40:32 2016
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1

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David D Lowe (flimm) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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David D Lowe (flimm) wrote :
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Mateusz Stachowski (stachowski-mateusz) wrote :

I'm on a fully updated 16.10 and I don't experience this bug. Unpinned Nautilus appears on launcher and in Alt+Tab switcher.

It also works in 17.04 LiveCD.

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Tomas Kral (kralutomas) wrote :

I can confirm this bug (again) in Ubuntu 16.04 too with all updates installed.

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Mateusz Stachowski (stachowski-mateusz) wrote :

I checked today the daily image of 16.04.1 LTS and there also everything works as expected.

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xenial/daily-live/current/

The version of Unity is 7.4.0+16.04.20160906-0ubuntu1.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Richard Blocker (rrblocker) wrote :

I also suffer from this bug. 16.04 with all current updates.

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Phil P (pgpndw) wrote :

I can also confirm that this bug is still occurring in unity-7.4.0+16.04.20160906.

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Jit Ray Chowdhury (jit-ray-c) wrote :

Same problem, 16.04 updated

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Deepak (dgmaths99) wrote :

Same problem here. I have all the updates for 16.04

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

This is an unsupported release now. Please think to install the next LTS 'Bionic 18.04'

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-next/daily-live/current/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-18-04-minimal-install-option

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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