Nautilus cut/copy/paste requires selecting cut/copy twice

[John M]

At least since Ubuntu alpha 3, nautilus requires selecting Cut/Copy twice, otherwise the Paste option does not activate. The behavior is the same if done from the Edit menu, the context menu or the Ctrl+{X,C,V} keys.

I get the same behavior in both my desktop and my laptop.

...:~$ uname -rsvpm && apt-cache policy nautilus
Linux 3.0.0-10-generic #16-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 2 18:32:04 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64
nautilus:
  Installed: 1:3.1.90-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.1.90-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.1.90-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.1.90-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 7 13:55:15 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110829.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[John M (jwmwalrus)]

After experiencing the same bug in Nautilus 2.30, I noticed that it is actually triggered by the version of parcellite currently in oneiric repositories. There's a similar bug ( Bug #848771 ) which suggest that upgrading the package to the rc5 might solve the issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

1.0.2~rc5 of parcellite is in Ubuntu 11.10. Can you please test if this issue still occurs for you with that version?

[John M (jwmwalrus)]

The newest parcellite doesn't seem to affect nautilus cut/copy/paste operations anymore... so I guess that solves the issue.

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

Thanks for the follow up John!