Comment 45 for bug 58171

I have the same problem using Intrepid on x86_64 (fully updated as of today)

Trying to start nautilus, I get this strace
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09:21:58 gettimeofday({1233930118, 706768}, NULL) = 0
09:21:58 gettimeofday({1233930118, 706857}, NULL) = 0
09:21:58 gettimeofday({1233930118, 706907}, NULL) = 0
09:21:58 socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 10
09:21:58 uname({sys="Linux", node="jule2401-desktop", ...}) = 0
09:21:58 connect(10, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/tmp/.ICE-unix/6735"}, 21) = 0
09:21:58 fcntl64(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
09:21:58 write(10, "\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8) = 8
09:21:58 read(10,

Stracing x-session-manager gives
     0.000114 accept(9, 0xbfc4bf1a, [110]) = -1 EMFILE (Too many open files)
     0.000028 write(2, "_IceTrans", 9) = 9
     0.000029 write(2, "SocketUNIXAccept: accept() faile"..., 34) = 34
     0.000039 read(3, 0x8309b6c, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
     0.000030 poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=22, events=POLLIN}, {fd=23, events=POLLIN}, {fd=24, events=POLLIN}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN}, {fd=28, events=POLLIN}, {fd=27, events=POLLIN}, {fd=30, events=POLLIN}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN}, {fd=31, events=POLLIN}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN}, {fd=118, events=POLLIN}, {fd=120, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN}], 22, -1) = 1
     0.000113 accept(9, 0xbfc4bf1a, [110]) = -1 EMFILE (Too many open files)
     0.000029 write(2, "_IceTrans", 9) = 9
     0.000028 write(2, "SocketUNIXAccept: accept() faile"..., 34) = 34
     0.000040 read(3, 0x8309b6c, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
     0.000029 poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=17, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=22, events=POLLIN}, {fd=23, events=POLLIN}, {fd=24, events=POLLIN}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN}, {fd=28, events=POLLIN}, {fd=27, events=POLLIN}, {fd=30, events=POLLIN}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN}, {fd=31, events=POLLIN}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN}, {fd=118, events=POLLIN}, {fd=120, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN}], 22, -1) = 1

 lsof | wc -l
8087

I attached output of LSOF