For the record, I experienced this exact symptom. It appears to be a permissions issue since there was a *.desktop file owned by root in ~/Desktop. Removing this file fixed the bug.
-- nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
