Nautilus produces error when creating consecutive directories

[Garrie Mushet]

1) Ubuntu Release

Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04

2) Nautilus Version

nautilus:
  Installed: 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What I expected to happen

When creating multiple new directories within another directory using the CTRL+SHIFT+N shortcut (or with the left-click 'create new folder' method) I expect the following to occur:

i) Hit CTRL+SHIFT+N
ii) New Directory is created and the cursor immediately jumps to type the name of the new directory
iii) I type the new directory name and hit enter
iv) New directory is named
v) Repeat this procedure as many times as I like for as many folders as I wish to create.

3) What happened instead

i) Hit CTRL+SHIFT+N
ii) New directory is created and cursor immediately jumps to type the name of the new directory
iii) I type the new directory name and hit enter
iv) New directory is named
v) Repeat this procudure for other folders, BUT, after the first few it fails after I hit enter and gives the error:

"This item could not be renamed.

There is no "" in this folder. Perhaps it was just moved or deleted?"

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Very frustrating, and I've seen the bug reported for previous releases - hoping for a fix :).

[J Phani Mahesh (phanimahesh)]

1. You've mentioned that this had been reported earlier for previous releases. Can you provide the relevant bug-links?
2. You said 'After the first few, it fails'. Were you able to make out a pattern? like the approximate or exact number of levels after which this fails?

[Garrie Mushet (garrie-mushet)]

Here's the report for 11.10:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/889911

I can't seem to discern a pattern - I just created fourt test directories and attempted to create multiple directories inside each one. The first one gave the error upon creation of the third folder, second one gave the error on creation of the 2nd, third gave the error on creation of the third, and fourth gave the error on creation of the fourth.

Doesn't seem to be a pattern, so not sure how the bug could be presenting itself in the source.

[Garrie Mushet (garrie-mushet)]

Note: The poster of the bug above for the 11.10 release also mentioned that it occured around 90% of the time on the second folder creation. I can't say I agree in the experience I've had so far - it appears to change almost each time and can occur on the first folder, or up to the fourth.

But certainly the fact that it isn't a patterned response seems to be consistent in the 12.04 release.

[J Phani Mahesh (phanimahesh)]

Marked as duplicate of bug#889911. Thanks for reporting. I will mark it as confirmed if i am able to reproduce it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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