Nautilus copy/paste suddenly stop working, how to workaround? qdbus?

Solution 1:

This a Nautilus bug, you can check it here.

Solution 2:

A workaround i found is to restart nautilus

nautilus -q

Then open Files and now copy/paste should work.

I have checked this in Ubuntu 14.04 and it's working.

Solution 3:

You shouldn't try a "workaround" if you would have to mess with config files. This is clearly a bug and it has been filed already.

Can you copy files if you drag them with the mouse while holding CTRL (a little "+" should appear beside the icon of the file you are dragging)?

Also try to start nautilus from a terminal (by writing nautilus) to see if it writes any error messages. Also try starting nautilus with sudo from a terminal: sudo nautilus and try if it works then (can be a permission issue if it does). However, NEVER use sudo nautilus for your regular work, even if it works as it is a security risk.

As a last resort because you will have to wait for the bug to be fixed you can try another file manager, e.g. Nemo which is a fork of Nautilus or Thunar.