Nautilus closes instead of minimizing?

rikona rikona at sonic.net
Wed Dec 14 19:12:22 UTC 2016


Hello Colin,

Wednesday, December 14, 2016, 12:44:24 AM, Colin wrote:

> On 14 December 2016 at 08:34, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>> Nautilus "disappears" when minimized, and Colin has suggested that it
>> is closing instead of minimizing. I'd like to fix that. If I could
>> find a way to keep nautilus from closing when minimized, I may be able
>> to go back to using more native Ubuntu programs, which may get me back
>> to a more problem free system.
>>
>> Any ideas why it is closing instead of minimizing?

> I don't think you answered my suggestions/questions in the previous
> thread on this subject:

Actually, I did. Here's a copy, from the list, of what was sent on Dec
9th:

> Then copy/paste here the result of apt-cache policy nautilus

nautilus:
  Installed: 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 
Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu4 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
N: Ignoring file '20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' 
as it has an invalid filename extension

> Then I think it is important that we understand the history of the
> system further.
> Is it a new install of 16.04 or an upgrade?

Original install#1 - installed 16.04 Ubuntu, then installed KDE
desktop, a disaster.

Original install#2: Formatted both disks, did a from-DVD 16.04
install, updated the software, copied the data from 12.04 home, and
IIRC things worked reasonably well as I tested the box for a week or
so. In 12.04 I installed LOTS of pgms, KDE and otherwise, and
everything ran together quite well. So, installed some KDE and other
stuff, expecting it would, again, work together well. Not so good this
time, had problems, installed some alternate FMs, which had their own
problems.

> If an upgrade did the system show any similar odd behaviours before upgrade?
> When did the problems first appear?  Was it after you did something
> such as installing an app or changing some system config for example?

The problems seemed to be after other pgms were installed. All these
were not installed at the same time, but as I needed a capability that
some pgm would provide. So, in a sense, problems got more numerous
over time. I do updates frequently but not automatically, not sure how
these contributed to the problem. Nvidia software was installed along
the way too, but not initially.

Thanks much for your help.

-- 

 rikona        





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