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Offline richardh

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Nautilus issues
« on: February 03, 2011, 04:28:30 AM »
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.

Offline Arslan S.

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Re: Nautilus issues
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2011, 07:23:34 AM »
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
« Last Edit: February 03, 2011, 07:25:37 AM by Arslan S. »

Offline jls

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Re: Nautilus issues
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2011, 08:14:00 AM »
nautilus it is used by bodhi linux which has enlightenment as window manager
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Offline Arslan S.

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Re: Nautilus issues
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2011, 08:53:30 AM »
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
« Last Edit: February 03, 2011, 09:18:20 AM by Arslan S. »

Offline richardh

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Re: Nautilus issues
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2011, 09:24:11 AM »
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?

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Re: Nautilus issues
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2011, 12:25:00 PM »
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

Offline richardh

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Re: Nautilus issues
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2011, 04:32:56 AM »
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?

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Re: Nautilus issues
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2011, 06:54:55 AM »
gconf database update can be vital

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#!/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

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Re: Nautilus issues
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2011, 03:30:35 PM »
new nautilus is in repo, update your extensions and try again

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Re: Nautilus issues
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2011, 04:27:01 PM »
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.
AMD K6-IIIATZ 550MHz MB DFI K6xv3/+66
P4 HP DC7100 3GB 3GHz
Samsung NC10 boot from SD card port (via USB reader)
.. all TinyCore proofed