Nautilus issues

[richardh]

I'm using Nautilus as my filemanager and it consistently crashes when I try to go into 'list' view.

Are we missing a library or is there something the I might have installed wrongly? Does anyone else see similar behaviour?

Thanks.

[Arslan S.]

nautilus is part of gnome, i don't know if developers designed it to work stand alone
also nautilus is not just a file manager for gnome it is gnome shell

[jls]

nautilus it is used by bodhi linux which has enlightenment as window manager

[Arslan S.]

nautilus it is used by bodhi linux which has enlightenment as window manager

they use this one, not gnome nautilus
https://launchpad.net/nautilus-elementary

but it is dead, but there is a new project
https://launchpad.net/marlin

[richardh]

nautilus is part of gnome, i don't know if developers designed it to work stand alone
also nautilus is not just a file manager for gnome it is gnome shell

I am well aware that Nautilus forms an integral part of Gnome, if you happen to be running that particular desktop environment. However I have also used it as a standalone file manager before. Admittedly that was on another distro several years ago, so I was wondering if requirements had changed in the meantime or if we simply missed a dependency somewhere?

[Arslan S.]

i have built a new version and added an install script for updating various databases (gconf, icon cache, desktop cache, mime database)
tested it from base, it is running well but it starts a gnome shell immediately when it is executed

there is no dep missing just a run time dependency: gvfs

[richardh]

i have built a new version and added an install script for updating various databases (gconf, icon cache, desktop cache, mime database)
tested it from base, it is running well but it starts a gnome shell immediately when it is executed

there is no dep missing just a run time dependency: gvfs

Thanks. I know nothing of gvfs. I'll take a look at that machine over the weekend and see if gvfs is missing.

This install script that you mentioned. Is it vital, could you post it for our reference?

[Arslan S.]

gconf database update can be vital

Code: [Select]

#!/bin/sh
[ -x "$(which update-gconf-database)" ] && update-gconf-database register-extension nautilus > /dev/null 2>&1
[ -x "$(which update-desktop-database)" ] && update-desktop-database -q
[ -x "$(which update-mime-database)" ] && update-mime-database /usr/local/share/mime > /dev/null 2>&1
[ -x "$(which gtk-update-icon-cache)" ] && gtk-update-icon-cache -q -f -t /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor

[Arslan S.]

new nautilus is in repo, update your extensions and try again

[floppy]

I'm using Nautilus as my filemanager and it consistently crashes when I try to go into 'list' view.

Are we missing a library or is there something the I might have installed wrongly? Does anyone else see similar behaviour?

Thanks.

I used nautilus on my wife laptop with ubuntu 10.04 and gnome.
I had several issues.
On my wife laptop, in my account, I use nautilus with lxde: it runs well.
On my old pc, i use "Midnight Commander": I am happy; and will never use nautilus again under gnome.
I dont know if it is helpfull.. but this is my feedback.