connect to server - requires GDM restart to see new connection

[ibob63]

Binary package hint: gnome

Hi,

In gnome, when connecting to a Windows Share or SSH server you create the connection using the Places -> Connect . You then fill out the form and then two things should happen:

     1) A icon is created on the desktop of the share

     2) A link is created under the Places menu

However, intermittently the icons don't appear and you have to restart the GDM using CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE. Once the GDM is restarted the icons appears. This is frustrating and might cause problems for new users. I don't know how this could be technically resolved, but I suggest refreshing the menu or desktop.

Let me know if you need any more information,
Yours,

James

[CannyDuck (cannyduck-websention)]

I confirm this problem. Unfortunately I#m not able to fix it.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

This bug was nominated for Gutsy but does currently not qualify for a 7.10 stable release update (SRU) and the nomination is therefore declined.

According the the SRU policy, the fix should already be deployed and tested in the current development version before an update to the stable releases will be considered. With 7.10 now released, that policy applies to this bug. See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

The bug is not being closed as work will continue on fixing it for the next release, Hardy Heron (8.04). If the state of this bug should change such that it qualifies for the SRU process, please contact the person who originally declined it and ask them to re-evaluate it. To help improve the state of this bug see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue that you reported is one that should be reproducible with the live environment of the Desktop CD of the development release - Hardy Heron. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can work on getting it fixed in the next release of Ubuntu. You can find out more about the development release at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ . Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!.