Ubuntu
nautilus package

sleeping device blocks nautilus

Bug #403835 reported by alias301
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: nautilus

Whenever you access a device that is sleeping (i.e. USB Drive) it block nautilus until the drive wakes-up, but it also does this when opening a directory like /media or a symbolic link to the device.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a backtrace following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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alias301 (alias301) wrote :

Cannot because nautilus just creates a thread and "exits normally".

All that is needed is to wait for an a device that goes into sleep mode and try to access a directory like /media and it will pause as it is waiting for the drive to wake-up.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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