Cant get it to fail when running strace from terminal, it only fails when open from nautilus action and it only happens when using gksu or gksudo and gnome-open. Anyhow this is the ps- ef after it failed. I will get back as son as possible, when I have more info.
mike 3836 1 0 10:42 ? 00:00:00 gksu gnome-open file:///home/mike/Backup root 3837 3836 0 10:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/sudo -H -S -p GNOME_SUDO_PASS -u root -- gnome-open file:///home/mike/Backup mike 3847 1 0 10:43 ? 00:00:00 gksu gnome-open file:///home/mike/Backup root 3848 3847 0 10:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/sudo -H -S -p GNOME_SUDO_PASS -u root -- gnome-open file:///home/mike/Backup mike 3854 1 0 10:43 ? 00:00:00 gksu gnome-open file:///home/mike/Backup root 3855 3854 0 10:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/sudo -H -S -p GNOME_SUDO_PASS -u root -- gnome-open file:///home/mike/Backup mike 3857 1 0 10:43 ? 00:00:00 gksu gnome-open file:///home/mike/Backup root 3858 3857 0 10:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/sudo -H -S -p GNOME_SUDO_PASS -u root -- gnome-open file:///home/mike/Backup -- gksudo gnome-open uri fails to open. https://launchpad.net/bugs/75524 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs