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[Bug 1278437] Re: can't move link type .desktop files around on desktop

 

I have just upgraded to 15.04, and I am having the same issue.

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Link to Server Settings
Type=Link
URL=http://192.168.1.2:9000/settings/index.html?player=
Icon=/usr/share/icons/Custom/Logitech.png
Name[en_US]=Admin

Sorting and removing the COMMENT, as shown:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Admin
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Link
Icon=/usr/share/icons/Custom/Logitech.png
URL=http://192.168.1.2:9000/settings/index.html?player=

Changed the error to:

There was an error copying the file into /home/Barry/Desktop
...
Error opening file '/': is a directory

Note that in gedit, it is only shaded after the first slash (/).
This, combined with the error message aboput copying a directory, is giving the appearance that only HTTP:/ is being read.

Of course, I'm also trying to move, not copy,

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Title:
  can't move link type .desktop files around on desktop

Status in Nautilus:
  Fix Released
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  * Impact
  links can't be moved on the desktop

  * Test case

  Save the following as e.g. test.desktop in your ~/Desktop folder and
  try to move it around on the desktop:

  [Desktop Entry]
  Version=1.0
  Type=Link
  Name=test
  URL=https://launchpad.net/index.html

  * Regression potential
  Dnd should keep working

  ------------------

  If I have a .desktop file with Type=Link on my desktop and try to move
  it around it doesn't stay where I drop it but goes back where it was
  before and tries to download the URL it is referring to instead.

  Save the following as e.g. test.desktop in your ~/Desktop folder and
  try to move it around on the desktop:

  [Desktop Entry]
  Version=1.0
  Type=Link
  Name=test
  URL=https://launchpad.net/index.html

  This affects at least 13.10 and 14.04.

   In 13.10 Nautilus crashes if the URL as a file:// URL referring to a
  file on your desktop.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-7.26-generic 3.13.1
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-7-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Feb 10 14:06:24 2014
  GsettingsChanges:

  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (122 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386 (20130925.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-07 (64 days ago)

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