nautilus does not launch

[Sw00sh!]

Problem:
nautilus does not launch after it was closed previously.

Expectation:
Close nautilus, start nautilus again -> new nautilus window spawns.

What happens:
nautilus does not launch a second time. The cursor spins, but no window opens.

Observations:
the nautilus process does not get terminated properly. There is a nautilus process remaining with almost no CPU consumption.

Workarounds:
Killing the process and starting nautilus again works. Starting it via console and exiting it via X button does not end the task in the terminal. CTRL+C terminates the process and it's restarting fine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: nautilus 1:43.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-21.21-generic 5.19.7
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Oct 22 14:03:06 2022
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'default-folder-viewer' b"'list-view'"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(1033, 685)'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-10-22 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221020)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus:
 file-roller 43.0-1
 nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal 3.46.2-1ubuntu1
 python3-nautilus 4.0-1

[Sw00sh! (rki4m6d8s5)]

Nautilus works the first 3-5 minutes after booting, then it stops working with this zombie process.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Sw00sh! (rki4m6d8s5)]

Also affects an upgraded Ubuntu from 22.04.

[Judah Richardson (jdrch)]

Same problem here on this machine (specs at link): https://github.com/jdrch/Hardware/blob/master/HP%20ProBook%204530s.md. Also running 22.10. Problem started after I upgraded in-place from 22.04.

[Judah Richardson (jdrch)]

Filed a bug with the Gnome project https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/2643 as it looks like it's affecting other distros too https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/yxoto0/nautilus_broken_after_update_symbol_lookup_error/ Kindly chime in at the Gnome bug so we can get some attention on this.

In the meantime, the Nightly build flatpak works via the following:

1. Set up flatpak: https://flatpak.org/setup/
2. Install Nightly build: # flatpak install --from https://nightly.gnome.org/repo/appstream/org.gnome.NautilusDevel.flatpakref
3. Launch Nightly build: flatpak run org.gnome.NautilusDevel
4. Pin Nightly build to Dash