the issue should be fixed in Ubuntu 11.10 and newer versions according to the upstream bug
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #354307 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354307 ** Changed in: nautilus Importance: High => Unknown ** Changed in: nautilus Status: Invalid => Unknown ** Changed in: nautilus Remote watch: GNOME Bug Tracker #636472 => GNOME Bug Tracker #354307 ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- 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/801887 Title: Occasionally cannot select files on desktop Status in Nautilus: Unknown Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Sometimes, when I click on files on the desktop, they cannot be selected. It is possible to select the file only when clicking in an area above some (unpredictable) part of the file icon. This is hard to describe so I taped a video of it (two files attached) which I hope explains the problem well. Since taping the video I have not been able to reproduce the problem, even with the same exact two files at the same exact position. Ubuntu 11.04 standard install (from scratch using ~/.* from 10.10 install), Desktop with default settings ("Keep aligned" selected). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: nautilus 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu13 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Jun 25 11:29:27 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.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/801887/+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
