I raised this a long time ago. I'm now on 18.04 using gnome and have no urge to return to unity.
I will have double checked and walked through the steps I originally described so I suggest you try that. Sorry I can't be of more help but perhaps if there'd been a faster response... -- 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/1660568 Title: (Automatically) changing wallpaper crashes gksudo nautilus Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in variety package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 16.04.1-64 variety: Installed: 0.6.3-0~581~201611011900~ubuntu14.04.1 nautilus: Installed: 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5 gksudo nautilus force variety to change wallpaper with image > next, at change user nautilus along with desktop crashes open user nautilus and click on desktop to restore root nautilus crashes If I quit variety indicator before gksudo nautilus there's no crashes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1660568/+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