Ugly file browsing in nautilus on oneiric

[chaselee]

Sometimes after a new restart or boot up I need to run

nautilus -q

, which fixes the issue. Basically, if I don't do this, I'm left with a Windows 95-looking file browser and no file association icons.

[chriscross93]

I have the same problem.

[isantop]

When you guys installed 11.10, did you do an Upgrade using the update manager, or did you use the CD/USB? If it's an upgrade, I'm guessing that's what's caused the problem.

[Erszebet Lunah]

Same problem for me, nautilus -q fixes it.
Upgraded through the update manager.

[isantop]

If you've upgraded through Update Manager, then most likely, this is caused by a botched upgrade, which are very common within the first week after an upgrade is released. You may want to go in and re-upgrade from a CD. This will fix your issues, as it serves as a clean installation.

[chaselee]

I upgraded using the CD; however, I started out using the upgrade manager, which failed, prompting me to use the CD.

[unholy1]

Same problem here, after upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10 using the update manager.

Restarting nautilus as suggsted fixes the problem while i'm logged in. But is this a permanent fix or will I need to run that command every restart? Is there a better long term solution? What exactly was "botched" during the upgrade?

[isantop]

It's very difficult to tell what got messed up.

My recomendation would be to try running these commands from a terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove --purge nautilus
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

This will purge the current nautilus installation from the systm, then reinstall it and any other components that were removed becuase of it.

[freak42]

It's very difficult to tell what got messed up.

My recomendation would be to try running these commands from a terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove --purge nautilus
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

This will purge the current nautilus installation from the systm, then reinstall it and any other components that were removed becuase of it.

has anybody tried this, does it work?

I also read somewhere (sorry link went missing) that it is a problem with a QT environment variable. Does someone have any info about this?

TIA
Matthias

[chaselee]

@unholy1, it's a temporary fix. what @isantop suggested would be permanent, but I haven't tried it yet to confirm it works.