Since no solutions seem to exist I have shifted to Xfce4. Fast, light and no problems.
** Attachment removed: "Misaligned icons - no arrangement" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/646034/+attachment/1781014/+files/Screenshot.png ** Attachment removed: "Icons not arranged by name as specified" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/646034/+attachment/1781015/+files/Screenshot-Documents%20-%20File%20Browser.png ** Attachment removed: "attachment with mis-aligned icon display in nautilus window" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/646034/+attachment/1626926/+files/Screenshot.png ** Attachment removed: "Screenshot-normal alignment.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/646034/+attachment/1657558/+files/Screenshot-normal%20alignment.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/646034 Title: Peculiar icon display in nautilus -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs