sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but i just had the problem again, after a cold boot.
gnome-panel: 2.9.3-0ubuntu1 gnome-vfs2: 2.9.2-0ubuntu3
doing the "killall gnome-panel gnome-vfs-daemon nautilus trashapplet drivemount_applet2" fixes it.
sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but i just had the problem again, after a
cold boot.
gnome-panel: 2.9.3-0ubuntu1
gnome-vfs2: 2.9.2-0ubuntu3
doing the "killall gnome-panel gnome-vfs-daemon nautilus trashapplet
drivemount_applet2"
fixes it.