nautilus loses connection to mounted ftp folders after a while

[Holger Seelig]

When mounting a ftp folder with nautilus, it loses connection after a while.
Reloading/refreshing the folder view twice or three time works around this issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 11 20:50:20 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (29 days ago)

[Holger Seelig (holger-seelig)]

This issue is really annoying. It happens permanently. Example?:
Have a ftp folder open. Do anything else for some minutes. Drag and drop a file into the ftp folder.
And!: No access or whatever.
Or when I try to open a subfolder, then nothing happens. Empty!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[kenjiru (kenjiru)]

I have the same issue in the same environment as in the Bug Description.
I use this feature a lot and I know it used to work well in the previous releases.

[Holger Seelig (holger-seelig)]

My provider says it could depend on DHCP as my computer gets from time to time a new IP address an then ftp cannot connect anymore.

[Holger Seelig (holger-seelig)]

I have not yet a solution but found discussions on the internet from people who have the same problem:

https://superuser.com/questions/605340/ubuntu-13-04-how-to-keep-nautilus-ftp-connection-alive
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4471526/gedit-ftp-editing-keep-alive