In my opinion this is quite a serious bug as the file manager is a core component of the operating system. Not being able to reliably mount and unmount SFTP and/or Samba resources makes performing every day computing tasks (copying files to and from network shares) a hassle. When this issue does occur, the only way to re-mount the resource is:
1. Unmount the SFTP or Samba share in Nautilus by clicking the "eject" button. 2. Open a terminal and run: killall -9 nautilus 3. Re-open Nautilus and re-mount the share (even then, sometimes this will fail and you'll have to start again). The only reliable workaround I've found so far is to install and use the Dolphin file manager. -- 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/1282824 Title: Nautilus has problems mounting network locations when nautilus-open- terminal is installed Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “nautilus-open-terminal” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: At least in Ubuntu 13.10, when this extension (nautilus-open-terminal) is installed, Nautilus has some serious problems when mounting SFTP locations, and possibly other protocols like Samba as well (haven't tested that). These problems occur, more specifically, when trying to mount the same SFTP location a second time (after having mounted and unmounted it before). The culprit seems to be this extension because, when the extension is not installed or disabled, these problems don't occur. I disabled the extension temporarily by renaming the file /usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-3.0/libnautilus-open-terminal.so. I also tested this using a Live DVD (Nautilus worked fine before installing the extension). More information below. --- To test this problem, the ssh server must be installed and running, and the nautilus-open-terminal extension must be installed (and not disabled). TEST CASE 1. Open Nautilus 2. Go to the location "sftp://localhost";, for example (Press Ctrl+L, write the location and press enter) 3. Enter the ssh credentials if asked 4. The SFTP location should be mounted. Unmount it by pressing the respective unmount "arrow" button in the sidebar 5. Try to mount it again by repeating step 2 (and maybe 3) WHAT WAS EXPECTED The SFTP location was mounted successfully again WHAT HAPPENED Nautilus crashed. This is the error displayed in the terminal (when Nautilus is started from the terminal): ERROR:nautilus-bookmark.c:350:nautilus_bookmark_connect_file: assertion failed: (!nautilus_file_is_gone (bookmark->details->file)) --- I also tested something else. I configured avahi to publish my computer as an SSH and SFTP server. The following commands should be enough to do this: $ sudo cp /usr/share/doc/avahi-daemon/examples/s* /etc/avahi/services/ $ sudo restart avahi-daemon My computer then appears in Nautilus Network "folder". The first time my computer is double-clicked, it is mounted successfully through SFTP. But, on the second time (after unmounting), the following error message is displayed in a dialog: Could not display "". The file is of an unknown type ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: nautilus-open-terminal 0.20-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-17.31-generic 3.11.10.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Feb 20 23:14:53 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-01 (111 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: nautilus-open-terminal UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1282824/+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
