Ubuntu
file-roller package

  1. Bug #878993
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 878993

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kjoe (kjoe) wrote : Re: x.org lockup after dragging archived file to desktop

Is it just about permissions?

Can anyone of you guys confirm the following successful dnd action?

1) Place an archive on your desktop (i.e. named as 'archive.tar.gz')
2) Open a terminal and cd right to the desktop
3) Type: sudo file-roller archive.tar.gz
4) Then drag and drop to the desktop

This worked in my case.
But it did not work, when I only started file-roller as root and opened the archive.tar.gz from within the programs user interface.