I'm marking this as affecting the source package nautilus. After manually downgrading nautilus, nautilus-data, and libnautilus-extension to version 1:2.25.3-0ubuntu2 (available in the Jaunty archives from January 23 to February 2) and restarting X (logout and log back in), the problem disappeared.
Therefore, this bug must have originated from version 1:2.25.4-0ubuntu1, diff: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21900685/nautilus_1%3A2.25.3-0ubuntu2_1%3A2.25.4-0ubuntu1.diff.gz nautilus (1:2.25.4-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low * New upstream version: - Don't show desktop files from other desktops than Gnome on the desktop - Support crossfades of desktop backgrounds - Don't snap desktop icons outside right margin - Fix crashes and leaks (lp: #321359) ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => nautilus Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- "Starting File Manager" Windows open uncontrollably https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325973 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
