I am using 12.04 LTS it's also affecting me. We're planning to use 12.04 LTS for a longer period of time, but it's sad to see that it's already about 2 years now and still no resolution to the bug.
there's another bug reported and somebody made a screencast of the problem. Hope it helps. Quoting from Bug#949468 Tchalvak (tchalvak) wrote on 2012-10-18: #5 I made a screencast of this bug in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggZLUY4JgHE&feature=youtu.be Here is my ubuntu version info. Linux version 3.2.0-31-generic (buildd@allspice) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:16:45 UTC 2012 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS \n \l Linux hal3k 3.2.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:16:45 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux cat /proc/version cat /etc/issue uname -a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggZLUY4JgHE&feature=youtu.be Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS -- 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/882307 Title: [list-view] After copying text from a rename entry, file copy menus items are broken Status in Application menu module for GTK+: Incomplete Status in Nautilus: Expired Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “nautilus” source package in Precise: Incomplete Bug description: When renaming a file in nautilus, in list view, if you copy the highlighted part of the name, after this you're unable to copy/paste files This only occurs in list view Steps to reproduce: - Open Nautilus - Chose List View - Right click a file and chose Rename. Nautilus will highlight the file name. - Now Right click again on the highlighted part of the name and chose Copy. - Press Esc - Now try copying a file, you will be able to chose the option "Copy", but when you try to Paste, nothing happens. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appmenu-gtk/+bug/882307/+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

