Problems when trying to open places entry

[pastalavista]

well, not knowing what you did to your system prior to the loss of functionality leaves me at a loss. greater minds than mine are called for.. or more investigation and explanation from you.

[Roanoke]

Well, I really don't know what to say. Maybe I removed a package I shouldn't have? Does apt keep logs somewhere?

[pastalavista]

Well, I really don't know what to say. Maybe I removed a package I shouldn't have? Does apt keep logs somewhere?

yes it does... it is called Synaptic Package Manager. It can tell you if you have any missing dependencies. But if you or some program you have run has changed any configuration files, it could be difficult to find. ( try: gconf-editor)

It's good, when using any OS, to pay attention and remember what you do to it. Good-luck with your problem. Sorry I was so snippy... too much coffee

[Bucky Ball]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/208181

Check the posts, something might jog your memory. Or it could be a bug which you could report. Try pasting, in a terminal:

sudo apt-get autoremove

This should clear anything that is 'half there' if you follow me. If you have accidentally (or intentionally) uninstalled 'bits' and you have anything looking for something that is not there anymore. And as mentioned, check Synaptics for broken dependency and fix packages.

Hope that is some help.

[Roanoke]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/208181
And as mentioned, check Synaptics for broken dependency and fix packages.

How would I recognize a broken dependency? I never use synaptic, so it's sort of alien.

And as for that bug, that's not my problem. My problem is that I can't open places on my local disk in my linux partition from the 'Places' menu.

[Bucky Ball]

System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager->Edit (drop down menu)->Fix Packages

There is information in the bar along the bottom also which tells you about broken packages and dependencies.

[Roanoke]

That does nothing, so I guess I have all dependencies installed.

[logic++]

Open a terminal and run

nautilus ~

and post what happened.
I would try also reinstalling the nautilus package and another one whose name I don't remember for sure but it is something like nautilus-scripts.

[Roanoke]

Nautilus opens without a problem.

[Roanoke]

Solved on IRC.
Needed to specify nautilus as the desired file-opening program.