Thank you for the patch Ryan. Did you forward that upstream? This upload fixes the issue:
gnome-vfs2 (2.14.1-0ubuntu8) dapper; urgency=low . [ Ryan Lortie ] * debian/patches/10_sftp_status_fix.patch - fix "Protocol Error" due to incorrect error checking (Ubuntu: #39024) ** Changed in: gnome-vfs2 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- [Dapper] Gedit fails to save to remote location if creating new file while using sftp https://launchpad.net/bugs/39024 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs