I did it again! This time I used (like the first time) directories full of *.desktop files. After copying and changing ownership of a bunch of files (procedure described in earlier messages), nautilus went crazy again. It did not happen the first time, I had to repeat the trick 3 or 4 times.
I suppose desktop files are particularly difficult to show: nautilus has to read contents to show 'Name' and 'Icon' instead of the real file name and default document type icon. Next follows the relevant section of .xsession-errors (Lines not coming from the XSu instance which launched the root_user_nautilus edited out): { #### XSu-12288. BEGIN. XSu-12288.CmdLine: >XSu DefaultFileSystemBrowser /< XSu-12288: (nautilus:12367): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: XSu-12288: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. XSu-12288: ** (nautilus:12367): WARNING **: No description found for mime type "x-special/socket" (file is ".gnome-system-monitor.manolo"), please tell the gnome-vfs mailing list. XSu-12288: /home/common/bin/DefaultFileSystemBrowser: line 590: 12367 Killed $Application $Options "$@" #### XSu-12288. END. } As you can see nautilus went crazy again without giving any error messages. The last line shows when I killed the rogue nautilus process (It was originally invoked with a switchboard shell script: DefaultFileSystemBrowser) from the root terminal. The root_user_nautilus' window went blank like the first time. Th mail account I used to register (several years ago) is chockful with spam. If you want details please use glesialoAtgmailDotcom. Saludos, Manolo. -- [Gutsy] high processor activity after logging out and then logging in again https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150471 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs