I was unable to open the places menu after upgrading my Ubuntu to 8.10 beta i.e Intrepid Ibex.
This issue has been reported as a bug #260492
I also found an interesting post on Ubuntu Forums helping me resolve this issue.Check this :
[ubuntu] Places Menu problem – Ubuntu Forums
To resolve the problem, go to terminal and open mimeapps.list file related to your user account.
gksudo gedit /home/”username”/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
you should find something like:
inode/directory=”wrong_entry”;
now replace that with:
inode/directory=nautilus.desktop;
and it should work.
Report such bugs quickly to get the solutions. Ubuntu community is dynamic enough to give you solution asap.
