This issue unfortunately made it's way into the final 11.10 release and I can reproduce it here still.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/864992 Title: "Show Containing Folder" button failed to execute err Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “evince” source package in Oneiric: Triaged Status in “evince” source package in Precise: Triaged Bug description: Very nice new feature, but it didn't work. I clicked "Show Containing Folder" and a red error message came up at the top of the window and said "Failed to execute Child process "Nautilus" (Permission Denied) This system was upgraded two days ago from 11.04. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: evince 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Oct 2 22:07:13 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evince UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-30 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/864992/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp