Apparently this must have been a bug in Nautilus-Actions - the developer has indicated that 3.1.2 works.
Seeing as 11.10 is planned for 3.0.5 we may need a version update - I have tried to install the 3.1.2 version via alien on the .rpm - but it fails with libc6 complaining about /usr/bin/nautilus-actions-config-tool: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /usr/lib/libunique-3.0.so.0) Here is the note from the developer https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647663 nautilus-actions | general | 3.0.x --- Comment #1 from Pierre Wieser <pwie...@trychlos.org> 2011-05-07 05:39:50 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=187404) --> (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=187404) Screenshow of a submenu opened on the desktop The joined screen has been taken in released Ubuntu 11.04, with the latest Nautilus-Actions 3.1.2. As you can see, when clicking on the desktop, the Nautilus-Actions actions normally appear in the submenu, and Nautilus-Actions submenu is normally displayed. Please update to latest versions. If your behavior persists, please join your actions. Regards Pierre ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #647663 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647663 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/765290 Title: Nautilus-actions and Unity Desktop - actions missing from context menu -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs