Thank you for your input. I browsed through GNOME Bugzilla bugs and found that Bug no. 530542 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/530542) was sent to the developers through GNOME Bugzilla. It got their attention and, according to comments posted under Launchpad bug (the Bugzilla entry was somewhat abandoned), was fixed: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/530542/comments/7 " - Don't auto-close the window you initiated an unmount in (lp: #530542)"
Unfortunately, this is no longer true, since after unmounting, the window auto-closes - and now it doesn't matter if you mount through Nautilus window or any other means, the behaviour is still the same. Nautilus somehow lost its mechanism which redirects window focus to computer:///. One year ago someone filed a bug at both Launchpad and GNOME Bugzilla which was confirmed and also connected to similar (the same?) bad program behaviour. This issue was to be fixed in nautilus (1:2.29.92-0ubuntu1) (Lucid Lynx timeline) and I do remember Nautilus working correctly back then. But since few weeks the behaviour changed back to the state from before the bugfix. I am still a newbie when it comes to how Launchpad and Bugtrackers work. I would like someone to tell me if this phenomenon shouldn't be labeled as regression? And should I file a new bug entry at GNOME Bugzilla - or rather post a comment under the bug from year ago? -- 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/886327 Title: Nautilus window closes when unmounting currently explored filesystem Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: What happens: In Nautilus, when exploring a mountable filesystem of a device (having it open in the active window/tab), unmounting this device by the unmount icon on the side panel causes whole window to close, having immediately followed unmounting. If the currently explored folder isn't the one on the filesystem that we unmount, then nothing happens to Nautilus window. Steps to reproduce: 1. Mount a filesystem. 2. Open Nautilus and explore the content of said filesystem. 3. Unmount said filesystem, for example using the unmount icon on the side panel. 4. In the current state of things, Nautilus window will close immediately due to unmount. What should happen: After unmounting an actively explored filesystem, the window/tab should change its focus to a default element, such as computer:/// - like it was before, or perhaps /media, /home? Alternatively: Because some consider the desired behaviour as a bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/23293), there should be a possibility to change this behaviour to the way the end user wants it to be - either closing the Nautilus window/tab or changing address to a default element. It is similar to how Windows 7 explorer.exe works. I personally find this annoying - I have close to twenty partitions total and I like to unmount those on which work I have currently finished without fear of closing the program itself. It is only a matter of the last few days/weeks that I experienced this behaviour. Some time ago it used to work as described in "What should happen" section. Description: Ubuntu 11.10 Release: 11.10 nautilus: Installed: 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/886327/+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
