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gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package

after upgrade today I cannot copy paste file from one folder to another

Bug #1950324 reported by bob
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Bug Description

I select "Copy" a file in one folder (e.g., Pictures); select another folder (e.g., USB Thumb-drive or Documents or any other folder) and the word "Paste" is greyed-out (not accessible).

As such I cannot do a File Copy-Paste.

Problem occurred shortly after doing a requested update (about 200 Meg required).

Rebooted computer; no help.

Never had this problem before.

Running Ubuntu 20.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.36
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-40.44~20.04.2-generic 5.11.22
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-40-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Nov 9 07:28:27 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-09-28 (41 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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bob (eeutah) wrote :
Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)
affects: ubuntu → ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) → gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Are you copying/pasting to or from the desktop? If so then this is bug 1948008.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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bob (eeutah) wrote : Re: [Bug 1950324] Re: after upgrade today I cannot copy paste file from one folder to another

Daniel:

Thank you for the email; thank you for taking an interest in my bug and
helping me.  I may need to edit my original description based on the
following (if editing is allowed).

I believe my problem is different than 1948008 because I am able to copy
from the Desktop and then paste back to the Desktop.

I am not able to copy a file from the Desktop to another folder (e.g.,
cannot copy to Documents, Downloads, Pictures, USB-Thumb-drive, etc.);
Paste is greyed out.  Likewise I am unable to copy from any other folder
and paste to the Desktop.

If I open the desktop as a folder (Show Desktop in Files) then I can
copy a file from the desktop folder to another folder. Likewise I can
copy a file from another folder to the desktop folder.

Note: I can copy/paste files between other folders (e.g. copy a file
from Documents to Downloads and vice-versa); my bug only affects the
Desktop.

Note: I recently installed gnome-tweaks;  I then changed the Workspaces
from "Dynamic Workspaces" to "Static Workspaces"; number of Workspaces:
4. Today I changed it back to Dynamic (default).  It did not correct
bug.  I may have changed something else in gnome-tweaks.

On 11/10/21 8:06 PM, Daniel van Vugt wrote:
> Are you copying/pasting to or from the desktop? If so then this is bug
> 1948008.
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thanks. That is definitely bug 1948008.

affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) → gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu)
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