I agree, that nautilus should not be hardcoded to open the mount points, if another file manager is used, it should take that into account. Using gnome-open or xdg-open instead of nautilus should do it.
See the source line http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu- branches/ubuntu/natty/gnome-disk-utility/natty/view/head:/src/palimpsest /gdu-section-volumes.c#L1380 for the line to fix. ** Changed in: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/727415 Title: Disk Utility tries to launch Nautilus -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs