Ubuntu
file-roller package

  1. Bug #878993
  2. Comment #23

Comment 23 for bug 878993

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

You are right, karl. I have also tested it using lubuntu-12.04-beta2-desktop-i386.iso in virtualbox and I did not succeed.
Then I kept on trying and found another weired 'solution' that worked:

1) Start Lubuntu-12.04-beta2.iso using virtualbox (I did not test it yet on real hardware)
2) Place an archive on your desktop (i.e. named as 'archive.tar.gz')
3) Open a terminal
4) Type: sudo file-roller ~/Desktop/archive.tar.gz
5) Try drag&drop
6) --> crash ! But no problem
7) Press Alt+F2 to get the "Run application" window
8) Type: killall file-roller
9) Do 4) and 5) again
10) --> success
11) Do it again --> crash
12) Do it again --> success

Also if you keep the archive open after the first successful dnd action, it crashes when you retry dnd.

Isn't that weired?
I don't know what this means, but at least we maybe have something pointing (anyone of us) to the solution of this problem.