this is what i see when i start nautilus from a terminal
(this info might have been automatically collected already , but i'm adding it just in case) :
*** glibc detected *** nautilus: double free or corruption (out): 0x00007fdf9001a830 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x7eb96)[0x7fdfcb2aab96]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(fclose+0x155)[0x7fdfcb29a815]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x35fc4)[0x7fdfcbd54fc4]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_file_set_contents+0xdf)[0x7fdfcbd5519f]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0(+0xdb56f)[0x7fdfcc33e56f]
nautilus[0x4adabd]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0(+0x5c15e)[0x7fdfcc2bf15e]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x6a248)[0x7fdfcbd89248]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x699e5)[0x7fdfcbd889e5]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x7e9a)[0x7fdfcb5f2e9a]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(clone+0x6d)[0x7fdfcb31fccd]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-00565000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1573539 /usr/bin/nautilus
00765000-00766000 r--p 00165000 08:01 1573539 /usr/bin/nautilus
00766000-0076b000 rw-p 00166000 08:01 1573539 /usr/bin/nautilus
0076b000-0076c000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
01fd5000-0388b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
7fdf74000000-7fdf7402a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf7402a000-7fdf78000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf7c000000-7fdf7c022000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf7c022000-7fdf80000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf80000000-7fdf80022000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf80022000-7fdf84000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf84000000-7fdf84022000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf84022000-7fdf88000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf88000000-7fdf88022000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf88022000-7fdf8c000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf8f7ff000-7fdf8f800000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf8f800000-7fdf90000000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf90000000-7fdf90038000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf90038000-7fdf94000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf94000000-7fdf94022000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf94022000-7fdf98000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf98000000-7fdf98022000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf98022000-7fdf9c000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf9d9a4000-7fdf9d9a5000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf9d9a5000-7fdf9e1a5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf9e1a5000-7fdf9e1a6000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf9e1a6000-7fdf9e9a6000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf9e9a6000-7fdf9e9a7000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf9e9a7000-7fdf9f1a7000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack:14576]
7fdf9f1a7000-7fdf9f1e5000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1581314 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.8.0.2
7fdf9f1e5000-7fdf9f3e5000 ---p 0003e000 08:01 1581314 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.8.0.2
7fdf9f3e5000-7fdf9f3e6000 r--p 0003e000 08:01 1581314 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.8.0.2
7fdf9f3e6000-7fdf9f3e7000 rw-p 0003f000 08:01 1581314 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.8.0.2
7fdf9f3e7000-7fdf9f3f7000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdf9f416000-7fdf9f41a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1968214 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
7fdf9f41a000-7fdf9f61a000 ---p 00004000 08:01 1968214 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
7fdf9f61a000-7fdf9f61b000 r--p 00004000 08:01 1968214 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
7fdf9f61b000-7fdf9f61c000 rw-p 00005000 08:01 1968214 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
7fdf9fd4b000-7fdf9fdfb000 r--p 00000000 08:01 264321 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
7fdf9fdfb000-7fdf9fdfe000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1968212 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-ico.so
7fdf9fdfe000-7fdf9fffe000 ---p 00003000 08:01 1968212 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-ico.so
7fdf9fffe000-7fdf9ffff000 r--p 00003000 08:01 1968212 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-ico.so
7fdf9ffff000-7fdfa0000000 rw-p 00004000 08:01 1968212 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-ico.so
7fdfa0000000-7fdfa0024000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdfa0024000-7fdfa4000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdfa4019000-7fdfa405b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdfa405b000-7fdfa40ad000 r--p 00000000 08:01 264347 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-B.ttf
7fdfa40ad000-7fdfa40f1000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1581299 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libibus-1.0.so.0.401.0
7fdfa40f1000-7fdfa42f0000 ---p 00044000 08:01 1581299 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libibus-1.0.so.0.401.0
7fdfa42f0000-7fdfa42f2000 r--p 00043000 08:01 1581299 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libibus-1.0.so.0.401.0
7fdfa42f2000-7fdfa42f3000 rw-p 00045000 08:01 1581299 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libibus-1.0.so.0.401.0
7fdfa42f3000-7fdfa42f4000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdfa4313000-7fdfa4319000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1968400 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-ibus.so
7fdfa4319000-7fdfa4518000 ---p 00006000 08:01 1968400 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-ibus.so
7fdfa4518000-7fdfa4519000 r--p 00005000 08:01 1968400 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-ibus.so
7fdfa4519000-7fdfa451a000 rw-p 00006000 08:01 1968400 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-ibus.so
7fdfa451a000-7fdfa4537000 r--p 00000000 08:01 799511 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid/DroidSansMono.ttf
7fdfa4537000-7fdfa458e000 r--p 00000000 08:01 264352 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-R.ttf
7fdfa458e000-7fdfa4590000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1968581 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
7fdfa4590000-7fdfa478f000 ---p 00002000 08:01 1968581 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
7fdfa478f000-7fdfa4790000 r--p 00001000 08:01 1968581 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
7fdfa4790000-7fdfa4791000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 1968581 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
7fdfa4791000-7fdfa4792000 r--s 00000000 08:01 1444470 /var/cache/fontconfig/c05880de57d1f5e948fdfacc138775d9-le64.cache-3
7fdfa4792000-7fdfa479b000 r--s 00000000 08:01 1444465 /var/cache/fontconfig/945677eb7aeaf62f1d50efc3fb3ec7d8-le64.cache-3
7fdfa479b000-7fdfa479d000 r--s 00000000 08:01 1444466 /var/cache/fontconfig/99e8ed0e538f840c565b6ed5dad60d56-le64.cache-3
7fdfa479d000-7fdfa47a1000 r--s 00000000 08:01 1444452 /var/cache/fontconfig/2cd17615ca594fa2959ae173292e504c-le64.cache-3
7fdfa47a1000-7fdfa47a2000 r--s 00000000 08:01 1444477 /var/cache/fontconfig/e7071f4a29fa870f4323321c154eba04-le64.cache-3
7fdfa47a2000-7fdfa47a3000 r--s 00000000 08:01 1444450 /var/cache/fontconfig/0d8c3b2ac0904cb8a57a757ad11a4a08-le64.cache-3
7fdfa47a3000-7fdfa47a9000 r--s 00000000 08:01 1444467 /var/cache/fontconfig/a755afe4a08bf5b97852ceb7400b47bc-le64.cache-3
7fdfa47a9000-7fdfa47ad000 r--s 00000000 08:01 1444461 /var/cache/fontconfig/6d41288fd70b0be22e8c3a91e032eec0-le64.cache-3
7fdfa47ad000-7fdfa47bd000 r--s 00000000 08:01 1444449 /var/cache/fontconfig/04aabc0a78ac019cf9454389977116d2-le64.cache-3
7fdfa47bd000-7fdfa47eb000 r--s 00000000 08:01 1475916 /var/cache/fontconfig/365b55f210c0a22e9a19e35191240f32-le64.cache-3
7fdfa47eb000-7fdfa47f0000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1968409 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so
7fdfa47f0000-7fdfa49ef000 ---p 00005000 08:01 1968409 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so
7fdfa49ef000-7fdfa49f0000 r--p 00004000 08:01 1968409 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so
7fdfa49f0000-7fdfa49f1000 rw-p 00005000 08:01 1968409 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so
7fdfa49f1000-7fdfa4a28000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1573773 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1
7fdfa4a28000-7fdfa4c27000 ---p 00037000 08:01 1573773 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1
7fdfa4c27000-7fdfa4c2a000 r--p 00036000 08:01 1573773 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1
7fdfa4c2a000-7fdfa4c2b000 rw-p 00039000 08:01 1573773 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1
7fdfa4c2b000-7fdfa4c5f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1581458 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librsvg-2.so.2.36.1
7fdfa4c5f000-7fdfa4e5e000 ---p 00034000 08:01 1581458 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librsvg-2.so.2.36.1
7fdfa4e5e000-7fdfa4e5f000 r--p 00033000 08:01 1581458 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librsvg-2.so.2.36.1
7fdfa4e5f000-7fdfa4e60000 rw-p 00034000 08:01 1581458 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librsvg-2.so.2.36.1
7fdfa4e60000-7fdfa4e62000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1968220 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-svg.so
7fdfa4e62000-7fdfa5061000 ---p 00002000 08:01 1968220 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-svg.so
7fdfa5061000-7fdfa5062000 r--p 00001000 08:01 1968220 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-svg.so
7fdfa5062000-7fdfa5063000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 1968220 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-svg.so
7fdfa5063000-7fdfa6216000 r--p 00000000 08:01 262335 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
7fdfa6216000-7fdfa6b08000 r--p 00000000 08:01 285138 /usr/share/icons/gnome/icon-theme.cache
7fdfa6b08000-7fdfa6bf1000 r--p 00000000 08:01 136493 /usr/share/icons/Humanity/icon-theme.cache
7fdfa6bf1000-7fdfa6c01000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1975911 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libgioremote-volume-monitor.so
7fdfa6c01000-7fdfa6e00000 ---p 00010000 08:01 1975911 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libgioremote-volume-monitor.so
7fdfa6e00000-7fdfa6e01000 r--p 0000f000 08:01 1975911 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libgioremote-volume-monitor.so
7fdfa6e01000-7fdfa6e02000 rw-p 00010000 08:01 1975911 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libgioremote-volume-monitor.so
7fdfa6e02000-7fdfa6e0b000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1708128 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt-2.15.so
7fdfa6e0b000-7fdfa700b000 ---p 00009000 08:01 1708128 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt-2.15.so
7fdfa700b000-7fdfa700c000 r--p 00009000 08:01 1708128 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt-2.15.so
7fdfa700c000-7fdfa700d000 rw-p 0000a000 08:01 1708128 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt-2.15.so
7fdfa700d000-7fdfa703b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdfa703b000-7fdfa7080000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1581544 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhx509.so.5.0.0
7fdfa7080000-7fdfa7280000 ---p 00045000 08:01 1581544 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhx509.so.5.0.0
7fdfa7280000-7fdfa7282000 r--p 00045000 08:01 1581544 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhx509.so.5.0.0
7fdfa7282000-7fdfa7284000 rw-p 00047000 08:01 1581544 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhx509.so.5.0.0
7fdfa7284000-7fdfa7285000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdfa7285000-7fdfa7293000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1575241 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libheimbase.so.1.0.0
7fdfa7293000-7fdfa7492000 ---p 0000e000 08:01 1575241 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libheimbase.so.1.0.0
7fdfa7492000-7fdfa7493000 r--p 0000d000 08:01 1575241 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libheimbase.so.1.0.0
7fdfa7493000-7fdfa7494000 rw-p 0000e000 08:01 1575241 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libheimbase.so.1.0.0
7fdfa7494000-7fdfa74bc000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1575245 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwind.so.0.0.0
7fdfa74bc000-7fdfa76bb000 ---p 00028000 08:01 1575245 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwind.so.0.0.0
7fdfa76bb000-7fdfa76bc000 r--p 00027000 08:01 1575245 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwind.so.0.0.0
7fdfa76bc000-7fdfa76bd000 rw-p 00028000 08:01 1575245 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwind.so.0.0.0
7fdfa76bd000-7fdfa76c0000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1707918 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1.4
7fdfa76c0000-7fdfa78bf000 ---p 00003000 08:01 1707918 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1.4
7fdfa78bf000-7fdfa78c0000 r--p 00002000 08:01 1707918 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1.4
7fdfa78c0000-7fdfa78c1000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 1707918 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1.4
7fdfa78c1000-7fdfa78d5000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1581819 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libroken.so.18.1.0
7fdfa78d5000-7fdfa7ad4000 ---p 00014000 08:01 1581819 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libroken.so.18.1.0
7fdfa7ad4000-7fdfa7ad5000 r--p 00013000 08:01 1581819 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libroken.so.18.1.0
7fdfa7ad5000-7fdfa7ad6000 rw-p 00014000 08:01 1581819 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libroken.so.18.1.0
7fdfa7ad6000-7fdfa7b07000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1581014 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhcrypto.so.4.1.0
7fdfa7b07000-7fdfa7d07000 ---p 00031000 08:01 1581014 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhcrypto.so.4.1.0
7fdfa7d07000-7fdfa7d08000 r--p 00031000 08:01 1581014 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhcrypto.so.4.1.0
7fdfa7d08000-7fdfa7d09000 rw-p 00032000 08:01 1581014 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhcrypto.so.4.1.0
7fdfa7d09000-7fdfa7d0a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fdfa7d0a000-7fdfa7da5000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1575233 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasn1.so.8.0.0
7fdfa7da5000-7fdfa7fa4000 ---p 0009b000 08:01 1575233 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasn1.so.8.0.0
7fdfa7fa4000-7fdfa7fa6000 r--p 0009a000 08:01 1575233 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasn1.so.8.0.0
7fdfa7fa6000-7fdfa7faa000 rw-p 0009c000 08:01 1575233 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasn1.so.8.0.0
7fdfa7faa000-7fdfa802a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1575249 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5.so.26.0.0Aborted (core dumped)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-39.60~precise1-generic 3.5.7.17
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-39-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 17 11:20:43 2013
GsettingsChanges:
org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '1021x623+0+24'
org.gnome.nautilus.window-state maximized true
org.gnome.nautilus.window-state sidebar-width 233
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
LC_TIME=en_IE.UTF-8
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
seems like this doesnt happen all the time
i rebooted my stem again and now it seems to work ...
i'll add more info as i go along