I've compiled the nautilus-3.2 branch from Gnome git and still don't get any notifications. I'll try building master, and if still no luck, I'll do some debugging and try to find out why, and maybe go back to upstream.
-- 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/849733 Title: No icon in notification area while transfering files Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: According to this bug report ( https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657561 ), Nautilus should bring up an icon in the notification area while doing file operations. In Oneiric, you only get a modal dialog, but nothing in the notification area. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.1.90-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.17-generic-pae 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Sep 14 08:54:02 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-12 (32 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/849733/+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