Thank you for your bug report, that's due to the patch in https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313854 and somewhat theme dependant (it doesn't happen with adwaita)
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #313854 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313854 ** Also affects: nautilus Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1014645 Title: 12.10 nautilus - automatically shortened pathbar/addressbar's item names meaningless Status in Nautilus: New Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When browsing system folders like usr, sys, and var their names are "shortened" to just ... which is a nonsense. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0 Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.2.3-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jun 18 14:07:43 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120609.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1014645/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

