GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 568152
Nautilus closes folder pages on gvfs ftp disconnect
Last modified: 2012-09-07 19:22:58 UTC
Please describe the problem: When gvfs ftp connection gets closed by evil FTP server, Nautilus closes all pages that display directories from that share. Imagine the user had constructed themselves a nice working environment by opening several directories in separate pages - and poof, they're all gone. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open several directories from a single gvfs ftp share. 2. Somehow cause the ftp server to close connection. Actual results: All pages that show directories on the share are closed. Expected results: Nautilus should handle disconnects more gracefully. I suggest not closing the page but disabling the directory browser widget and showing a yellowbar with an informative message and a Retry button. The Retry button would trigger a reconnect attempt (with feedback using the rolling dots thingie on the right ond of the toolbar). On success, the yellowbar would be removed, and the directory browser widget re-enabled, of course on _all_ pages pointed at the share, _not_ just the one on which the Retry button was pressed. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information:
Looks like similar issue as in #101673 (NFS)
Mass component change due to BZ cleanup, sorry for the noise.
After fixing bug 666985 we no longer close the windows or tabs. The better solution for remove mounts is to have an "infobar" that offers to reconnect once the network comes back. I'll dup this to that bug. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 658094 ***