I confirm that the bug affects nemo, too -- so presumably the root cause is not in nautilus. I am hit by the bug right after upgrading to 14.04 from 13.10.
I can reproduce the error with the following scenario: start nemo press shift-ctrl-n to create a folder. A new folder with 'Untitled Folder' created, the name is selected. press shift-ctrl again. The order is important -- shift before, ctrl after. The selection goes away, and now the folder 'Untitled Folder' itself is selected. after that, you cannot cut or copy -- neither with kbd shortcut, neither with menu items. As nemo visually gives feedback upon cutting a file, I can see that the cut action is not performed. I hope this helps. nemo 2.0.8 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1322925 Title: Copy, paste stops working randomly in Ubuntu 14.04 nautilus Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The title says it. Since upgrade to 14.04, copy / cut / paste of files among various folders I have write rights on does not work most of the times. Using the terminal to copy / move does work normally. nautilus: Installed: 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu9.1 Candidate: 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu9.1 Version table: *** 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu9.1 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu8 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages WORKAROUND: When the bug appears, you can close all instances of nautilus to restore normal behavior. Command line: killall nautilus To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1322925/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
