GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 576918
disabling show_desktop field in gconf mass produces nautilus window instances
Last modified: 2009-05-06 10:38:14 UTC
Please describe the problem: If I use Configuration Editor and navigate to: /apps/nautilus/preferences/ and unclick show_desktop, multiple instances of "Starting File Manager" windows are spawned (increasing number, lower gnome panel fills with them) until I select show_desktop again so that it is checked. Steps to reproduce: 1. Navigate Applications -> System Tools -> Configuratio Editor 2. Navigate to /apps/nautilus/preferences/ 3. Uncheck show_desktop 4. To stop spawning dummy windows, check show_desktop. Actual results: Multiple instances of "Starting File Manager" windows are spawned to gnome panel at the bottom, although they don't show up on the desktop. The moment you select show_desktop again, windows stop to spawn and seconds later they disappear one by one from the gnome panel. Expected results: Only that the icons from the desktop are hidden. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information: I am using Jaunty 9.04 Alfa 6. Would be grateful if someone checked and /if so/ confirmed the bug.
(In reply to comment #0) > Please describe the problem: > If I use Configuration Editor and navigate to: [snip] > Other information: > I am using Jaunty 9.04 Alfa 6. Would be grateful if someone checked and /if so/ > confirmed the bug. > I can confirm this bug, using Archlinux with gnome 2.26, but i presume the bug is in nautilus, since i workarounded the issue downgrading nautilus to 2.24.2 and keeping gconf in 2.26.0.
Definitely a nautilus problem.
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 571417 ***