Binary package hint: nautilus
If I try to make a link on a FAT partition, I get this error:
Error while creating link to filename.
There was an error creating the symlink in /media/FATpartition.
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Error making symbolic link: Operation not permitted
1. If you can't make a link on a certain filesystem, you probably shouldn't even offer to. Ctrl+Shift+Drag should show a "not allowed" icon instead of a link icon.
2. If you do let them think they can create a link, and then show an error message, you need to reword it. This error message is too cryptic.
3. Better yet, there should be a way to make "pseudo-links" on filesystems that don't support linux-style symbolic links. A .desktop file could be created that targets the desired location, for instance, or a Windows .lnk shortcut could be created. Related ideas here: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/16427/
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nautilus 1:2.26.2-0ubuntu2 [modified: usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop]
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/usr/bin/fish
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-16-generic i686
Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https:/