Bug#347574: nautilus: freezes in vnc4server session when dragging an icon on the desktop

[Ben Armstrong]

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.12.2-2
Severity: normal


When I am in a vnc4server session (viewed with xvnc4viewer) and I drag
an icon on the desktop, it freezes nautilus the moment I start dragging.
There is no dragging animation shown, and the cursor is "stuck" as an
upper-left-corner-plus symbol.

Nautilus doesn't respond to a TERM signal, so I have to send it a KILL.
Gnome then respawns Nautilus, and all is well again.

Other file operations are fine, just not dragging, e.g. instead of
dragging the icon to the trash, I can right-click to "Move to trash".

The symptoms are only reproducible inside VNC.  GNOME+nautilus in an
ordinary desktop session is unaffected by the bug.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-1-686-smp
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  desktop-file-utils        0.10-1         Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gconf2                    2.12.1-8       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-control-center      1:2.10.2-1     utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.17-1       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.10.3-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0             0.2.6-6        Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.10.1-1       Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.10.1-1       The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.5-11       GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcairo2                 1.0.2-3        The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libeel2-2                 2.12.2-2       Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii  libesd0                   0.2.36-1       Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libexif12                 0.6.12-2       library to parse EXIF files
ii  libfontconfig1            2.3.2-1.1      generic font configuration library
ii  libgail-common            1.8.8-1        GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17                 1.8.8-1        GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4               2.12.1-8       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.5.1-2      library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.8.5-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2        2.12.2-2       Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0         0.4.6-2        GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0               2.12.0.1-4     The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.12.0-2       A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.12.0-2       The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.12.2-3       The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.8.9-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnautilus-extension1    2.12.2-2       libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.12.4-1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.10.2-1       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-5          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2                2.12.7-3       SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libsm6                    6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.8-1          library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxcursor1               1.1.3-1        X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxi6                    6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxinerama1              6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System multi-head display
ii  libxml2                   2.6.23-1       GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.0.2-1    X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  nautilus-data             2.12.2-2       data files for nautilus
ii  shared-mime-info          0.16-3         FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-9      compression library - runtime

Versions of packages nautilus recommends:
ii  desktop-base                  0.3.16     common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  eject                         2.1.4-1    ejects CDs and operates CD-Changer
pn  nautilus-cd-burner            <none>     (no description available)

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