Nautilus will not open due 'draw-background' setting does not exist.

[Mike Yontz]

After updating today Nautilus will not open. If I open Gnome tweak tool and "uncheck" have file manager handle the desktop nautilus will open but theme and icons are not themed. Re-enable have file manager handle desktop, theme and icons are fine, but nautilus will not open again.

uname -a - Linux Raring 3.8.0-13-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 18 18:11:51 UTC 2013 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux

lsb_release -rd -
Description: Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch)
Release: 13.04

shell --version GNOME Shell 3.7.92

running command nautilus in terminal gives this error...

Initializing nautilus-dropbox 1.6.0

(nautilus:2478): Nautilus-Python-WARNING **: g_module_open libpython failed: /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpyglib-gi-2.0-python2.7.so.0: undefined symbol: _Py_ZeroStruct')
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 64, in apport_excepthook
    from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    from apport.report import Report
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 12, in <module>
    import subprocess, tempfile, os.path, re, pwd, grp, os
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/tempfile.py", line 32, in <module>
    import io as _io
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/io.py", line 51, in <module>
    import _io
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.i386-linux-gnu.so: undefined symbol: _Py_ZeroStruct

Original exception was:
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpyglib-gi-2.0-python2.7.so.0: undefined symbol: _Py_ZeroStruct')

(nautilus:2478): Nautilus-Python-WARNING **: pygobject initialization failed

(nautilus:2478): Nautilus-Python-WARNING **: nautilus_python_init_python failed

(nautilus:2478): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.gnome.desktop.background' does not contain a key named 'draw-background'
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

[Mike Yontz (swftech)]

I have noticed that if I open dropbox from notification area icon nautilus will open. That is the way nautilus will open.

[Angel Araya (arayaq)]

From console:
arayaq@Godzilla:~$ nautilus
(nautilus:29120): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.gnome.desktop.background' does not contain a key named 'draw-background'
«trap» para punto de parada/seguimiento

It seems like the update erased/modified the setting entry. Re-creating the entry should solve the problem.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dino99 (9d9)]

RR i386 logged as ubuntu (unity) & gnome3-team ppa

nautilus actually is 3.7.90 and was working smoothly. But after upgrading the latest gsettings-desktop-schema 3.7.92, then nautilus fails with these errors:

(nautilus:15108): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_error_trap_pop_internal: assertion `trap != NULL' failed
(nautilus:15108): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.gnome.desktop.background' does not contain a key named 'draw-background'

[dino99 (9d9)]

Downgrading gsettings-desktop-schemas back to the version 3.7.5 solves this issue for now.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, that seems a gnome3 ppa breakage and not an Ubuntu bug though...

[Mike Yontz (swftech)]

Had more updates this morning and nautilus now seems to be working as it should.

[Peter Chibunna (peterchibunna)]

Well, I was able to fix this by opening gnome-tweak tool and setting the "have file manager handle the desktop" to false. I have not investigated this though.