Delay and error message in Thunar opening on Xubuntu 11.10

[David Danforth]

There is a delay when opening Thunar 1.2.3 in Xubuntu 11.10. This delay is often accompanied by the following error message:

"The folder could not be opened

Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken."

In my case (and I'm not sure that mine case is perfectly replicated by other users) the delay and error message happen at the first opening of Thunar. Thereafter, for the most part, Thunar opens normally.

Other users' experiences are reported here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11522304#post11522304

david@office-Ratel-1:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10

david@office-Ratel-1:~$ apt-cache policy thunar
thunar:
  Installed: 1.2.3-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.2.3-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.2.3-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: thunar 1.2.3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Dec 8 06:16:51 2011
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: thunar
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 775117, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.