Please make sure you only used sudo when starting gdb. Nautilus should not be started with sudo.
If you don't use sudo, for gdb attach to work, you'll have to disable ptrace protection. Using this command, $ echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope More details, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Roadmap/KernelHardening#ptrace_Protection -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/884059 Title: Nautilus crashes with a middle click on a Desktop icon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/884059/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs