RHBA-2012:0914 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated nautilus packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Nautilus is the file manager and graphical shell for the GNOME desktop that
makes it easy to manage your files and the rest of your system. It allows to
browse directories on local and remote file systems, preview files and launch
applications associated with them. It is also responsible for handling the icons
on the GNOME desktop.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When the display size was changed, no desktop folder refresh was performed.

Consequently, icons disappeared outside the visible screen when the screen
resolution was lowered. With this update, an explicit refresh action has been
placed on screen size changes and the icons are now visible when the screen
resolution is lowered. (BZ#600260)

• Previously, an empty file with the name ending ".desktop" was automatically

identified as a special file. Consequently, some operations on the file, such as
rename, failed. Now, a fallback that allows to use the regular file rename
operation has been added to the code and these files can now be renamed as
expected. (BZ#782467)

• Due to a short-lived internal object, free-space information was not displayed

in the volume Properties dialog. With this update, a reference to another
internal object has been placed in the code and the free-space information is
now displayed properly. (BZ#772103)

• Previously, when the Nautilus desktop was set to display a user home

directory, an internal queued load operation did not get canceled after refresh.
Consequently, nautilus terminated unexpectedly on startup. With this update,
pending internal operations that are not valid are correctly canceled and the
crashes no longer occur. (BZ#755561)

All users of nautilus are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 600260 - icons splitted among screens
• BZ - 755561 - RHEL6.2 Beta nautilus segfaults and respawns (ad infinitum)
• BZ - 772103 - free space: unknown on removable media properties tab
• BZ - 782467 - cannot rename .desktop, .kdelnk, .theme files

CVEs

(none)

References

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