Public bug reported: I have recently found that after upgrading to GNOME 3.20 on Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 that Nautilus randomly will suddenly go into the state 'Sleeping' and then although all applications will be able to be clicked off when clicking on the desktop, no other interactions with the desktop will be able to occur, for instance I am unable to select or drag anything on the desktop nor can I access the right-click menu nor open any icons. If I then go into the Activities Overview and attempt to open Nautilus nothing happens, in fact the only way seemingly to solve this problem is to manually end the Nautilus process and then restart it again in the normal way, after doing this all works fine until it decides to have nap again.
This has happened at least 3 times so far, 2 twice in the same session. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.20.1-0ubuntu1~xenial2 [origin: LP-PPA-gnome3-team-gnome3-staging] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Jun 1 13:10:17 2016 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'sort-directories-first' b'true' b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'795x694+0+27'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'maximized' b'true' b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-visible-columns' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner']" b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-15 (16 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-28 (3 days ago) ** Affects: ubuntu-gnome Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug gnome3-ppa gnome3-staging third-party-packages xenial ** Also affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1587854 Title: Nautilus goes into 'Sleeping' state and needs to be manually restarted before used again Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have recently found that after upgrading to GNOME 3.20 on Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 that Nautilus randomly will suddenly go into the state 'Sleeping' and then although all applications will be able to be clicked off when clicking on the desktop, no other interactions with the desktop will be able to occur, for instance I am unable to select or drag anything on the desktop nor can I access the right-click menu nor open any icons. If I then go into the Activities Overview and attempt to open Nautilus nothing happens, in fact the only way seemingly to solve this problem is to manually end the Nautilus process and then restart it again in the normal way, after doing this all works fine until it decides to have nap again. This has happened at least 3 times so far, 2 twice in the same session. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.20.1-0ubuntu1~xenial2 [origin: LP-PPA-gnome3-team-gnome3-staging] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Jun 1 13:10:17 2016 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'sort-directories-first' b'true' b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'795x694+0+27'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'maximized' b'true' b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-visible-columns' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner']" b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-15 (16 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-28 (3 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1587854/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp