Spatial Nautilus windows do not remember their size or position

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 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

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> Is this reproducible?

I assume you mean does it persist across multiple logins, because the fact that I only have one computer means I can only vouch for my own machine, but yes, it's reproducible. I have tried it across multiple reboots, and I have tried it with all kinds of various other settings changed, from outlandish settings that I run (not having Nautilus draw the desktop) to having everything otherwise set to Ubuntu defaults.

> If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

Turn on spatial Nautilus (Edit -> Preferences -> Behaviour tab -> Uncheck "Always open in browser windows"). Open a folder window, any folder from any possible method (Places menu, GNOME Do, "gnome-open ."). Resize the window to something noticeably different than it was--something that changes the number of columns for files/folders (this is in icon view, not list view, for the record, I don't mean *those* columns). Close the window. Open the same folder via the same method again. The size will not be what it was when you closed it, nor will it be in the same position on your desktop. Prior to GNOME 2.24/Ubuntu 8.10 it would have remembered both, and I have not seen any indication anywhere that this behaviour was changed intentionally.

changing to new, it seems to have an issue after login but then starts working correctly

It must have worked for me at some point, if only momentarily, because my home directory is larger by default than any other directory, but as of now no matter how long I'm logged in, I can't seem to get any windows to stick still. I thought of a few other test vectors though. This does still happen with a brand new user account on this computer, meaning it's not some kind of mucked up migrated settings in my home directory, and it does NOT occur on the GNOME 2.24 live CD, meaning it's probably an Ubuntu bug and not an upstream one.

This bug was fixed in the package nautilus - 1:2.24.0-0ubuntu2

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nautilus (1:2.24.0-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/90_correct_spatial_geometry.patch:
    - upstream change to correctly store the spatial informations (lp: #279431)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:23:17 +0200

the bug was an upstream one