Nautilus closes instead of minimizing?

[rikona]

Hello Colin,

Thursday, December 15, 2016, 11:39:11 PM, Colin wrote:

> On 16 December 2016 at 02:47, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:06:29 +0000
>> Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On 15 December 2016 at 05:17, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>> > > On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 20:57:56 +0000
>> > > Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> On 14 December 2016 at 19:12, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>> > >> > Ignoring file '20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist' in directory
>> > >> > '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> What is in that file? It probably relates to a config file that was
>> > >> detected as having been manually changed when an upgrade was
>> > >> performed.  Could be a clue.
>> > >
>> > > APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
>> > > APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";
>> > >
>> > > dated 2/18/16, so a bit old. I checked it out a bit - it's a
>> > > backup file in upgrades and if old, sounds like it is no longer
>> > > needed. Should I just remove it?
>> >
>> > Yes, just delete it.
>> >
>> > Can you reconfirm please that you see the same problem with minimise
>> > if you logon as Guest.
>>
>> Yes. If I start multiple instances of Nautilus/Files, but nothing else,
>> then press alt tab, there are NO icons except show desktop. When I
>> choose that it does show the desktop. Alt tab again offers to restore,
>> and all instances of Nautilus are restored. BUT if any instances are
>> minimized first, they still do NOT appear as icons, AND when alt tab
>> again offers to restore, the previously minimized instances of Nautilus
>> are **NOT** restored.
>>
>> >
>> > Have you tried re-installing nautilus?
>>
>> No. It seems to control lots of things and I was nervous about
>> removing/reinstalling it. When I had the KDE desktop and went to
>> remove a pgm it offered to also remove what looked like most of
>> KDE. Would removing nautilus do something similar?

> Removing nautilus would not be a good idea, but reinstalling should
> be ok, I am offering no guarantees however, particularly as your
> system appears to be in an unhealthy state in the first place.

I might try that, and, yes, it really IS in an unhealthy state.

>>
>> > Reboot, check that minimise still (apparently) closes the window, and
>> > then run grep nautilus /var/log/syslog
>> >
>> > and paste the result here.
>>
>> Dec 15 18:16:27 chewie org.freedesktop.FileManager1[1730]:
>> kbuildsycoca4(6802) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified:
>> "application/x-nautilus-link.xml" in xdgdata-mime
>>
>> Not sure if that helps. :-)
>>
>> But thanks for your help...

> Sorry, I am out of ideas, other than trying reinstalling nautilus.
> Something has become messed up but I have no idea what. The fact
> that it appears that you are the only one ever to have seen this is
> particularly unusual.

Hmmm.. that does make it worse. Might be unusual enough that it is not
worth extensive analysis/fixing.

> The only other solution I can propose is to start again, re-install,
> check all is well, then add stuff and check regularly that all is
> still well. Keeping notes of what you have done. Then if it goes
> wrong again we will hopefully know what to do to recover the
> situation. 

That's a big job, and similar to what I've done after the KDE desktop
disaster - but not with close assessment to check for induced problems
after each change. I've been finding other pgms and/or workarounds,
and may just settle for that solution.

No need to be sorry - you were patient enough to go through some ideas
that might have fixed it, and I really appreciate your help.

Thanks,

-- 

 rikona