nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

[Dave_Jones]

I was using the "Move to" menu option. The select window opens and then freezes, followed by a nautilus crash

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-11.17-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Mar 26 07:45:16 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-visible-columns' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'mime_type']"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where']"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-03 (295 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
ProcCmdline: nautilus -n
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: nautilus
StacktraceTop:
 g_assertion_message () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_assertion_message_expr () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
Title: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-15 (10 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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StacktraceTop:
 g_assertion_message (domain=domain@entry=0x0, file=file@entry=0x504d16 "nautilus-directory-async.c", line=line@entry=4158, func=func@entry=0x5055a0 <__FUNCTION__.56395> "filesystem_info_stop", message=message@entry=0x3327490 "assertion failed: (file->details->directory == directory)") at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.39.92/./glib/gtestutils.c:2291
 g_assertion_message_expr (domain=domain@entry=0x0, file=file@entry=0x504d16 "nautilus-directory-async.c", line=line@entry=4158, func=func@entry=0x5055a0 <__FUNCTION__.56395> "filesystem_info_stop", expr=expr@entry=0x504f30 "file->details->directory == directory") at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.39.92/./glib/gtestutils.c:2306
 filesystem_info_stop (directory=0x2ecfec0) at nautilus-directory-async.c:4158
 start_or_stop_io (directory=0x2ecfec0) at nautilus-directory-async.c:4456
 nautilus_directory_async_state_changed (directory=directory@entry=0x2ecfec0) at nautilus-directory-async.c:4530

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

See also this Error's Bucket:

https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/ddc9b270a643149cf4e73a57de6c326d8a468fb0

It happens in Trusty and Utopic.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The bug is quite old and the code changed since, also there has been no new report of that specific problem nor activity for some years so assuming it has been resolved and closing the ticket. If you still get issues in newer versions feel free to open a new report though.