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Bug 466719 - Handling of windows where the underlying filesystem goes away is a bit confusing
Handling of windows where the underlying filesystem goes away is a bit confusing
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 318094
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.18.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-08-14 18:49 UTC by Sam Morris
Modified: 2009-03-19 18:13 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.17/2.18


Description Sam Morris 2007-08-14 18:49:35 UTC 
Let's say I have a DVD mounted, and I have a nautilus window open at /media/dvd. If I eject this DVD, the Nautilus window will change to displaying /home.

I think it would be better if the contents of the window changed to indicate that the location that I was browsing is no longer available... something resembling a web browser's error page, perhaps.

Other information:
Comment 1 Paul Stone 2008-10-18 11:51:13 UTC 
This problem gets worse when inserting and removing DVDs or other media repeatedly (e.g when searching through a stack of DVDs for some file).

When inserting some removable media, a new nautilus window will appear. When it gets removed, the window changes to display your home directory. 

When this gets repeated you end up with numerous windows all showing your home directory. This clutters up the desktop and becomes confusing.

Nautilus should either close the window when the underlying filesystem goes away, or at least reuse windows so you don't end up with multiple views of the home dir.
Comment 2 Cosimo Cecchi 2009-03-19 18:13:34 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 318094 ***