Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus
It happens from time to time but after rebooting the problem is gone. Since now I just couldn't start nautilus sometimes and I just rebooted hoping that it will be ok. This time I tried to call nautilus using the terminal to see if any error message comes up. This is the output in the terminal: $ nautilus (nautilus:2454): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed Initializing nautilus-gdu extension ** Message: Initializing gksu extension... ** (nautilus:2454): WARNING **: No marshaller for signature of signal 'UploadFinished' ** (nautilus:2454): WARNING **: No marshaller for signature of signal 'DownloadFinished' ** (nautilus:2454): WARNING **: No marshaller for signature of signal 'ShareCreateError' ** (nautilus:2454): CRITICAL **: nautilus_directory_file_monitor_add: assertion `NAUTILUS_IS_DIRECTORY (directory)' failed (nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance (nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_object: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed (nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance (nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_object: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed ** (nautilus:2454): CRITICAL **: nautilus_directory_file_monitor_add: assertion `NAUTILUS_IS_DIRECTORY (directory)' failed (nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance (nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_object: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed (nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance (nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_object: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed ** (nautilus:2454): CRITICAL **: nautilus_directory_get_uri: assertion `NAUTILUS_IS_DIRECTORY (directory)' failed Segmentation fault ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Of course it is not a problem that affects everybody. Maybe this bug shows up under very specific conditions thus it's difficult to reproduce but when it happens, it seems to be a pretty serious bug. I hope somebody more experienced will get to find the source of the problem. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Nov 26 13:07:12 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Package: nautilus 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic SourcePackage: nautilus Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686 ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug fails fault i386 nautilus segmentation -- Nautilus fails to start with segmentation fault.[Ubuntu - 9.10] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488699 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs