There has similar problems that got fixed since you reported the issue, e.g https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/640 ... do you still get the problem in the current version?
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711438 Title: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message() (filename != NULL) Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: During the display of a rather large SMB share directory ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.24.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5 Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Aug 17 20:33:10 2017 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-01 (138 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Beta amd64 (20170331) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/nautilus --gapplication-service ProcEnviron: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 Signal: 6 SourcePackage: nautilus StacktraceTop: g_assertion_message () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 g_assertion_message_expr () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 ?? () ?? () ?? () Title: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-06-08 (70 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1711438/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp