Nautilus fails to start with segmentation fault.[Ubuntu - 9.10]

[RodGer]

Binary package hint: nautilus

It happens from time to time but after rebooting the problem is gone. Since now I just couldn't start nautilus sometimes and I just rebooted hoping that it will be ok. This time I tried to call nautilus using the terminal to see if any error message comes up. This is the output in the terminal:
$ nautilus

(nautilus:2454): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
Initializing nautilus-gdu extension
** Message: Initializing gksu extension...

** (nautilus:2454): WARNING **: No marshaller for signature of signal 'UploadFinished'

** (nautilus:2454): WARNING **: No marshaller for signature of signal 'DownloadFinished'

** (nautilus:2454): WARNING **: No marshaller for signature of signal 'ShareCreateError'

** (nautilus:2454): CRITICAL **: nautilus_directory_file_monitor_add: assertion `NAUTILUS_IS_DIRECTORY (directory)' failed

(nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_object: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_object: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

** (nautilus:2454): CRITICAL **: nautilus_directory_file_monitor_add: assertion `NAUTILUS_IS_DIRECTORY (directory)' failed

(nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_object: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(nautilus:2454): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_object: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

** (nautilus:2454): CRITICAL **: nautilus_directory_get_uri: assertion `NAUTILUS_IS_DIRECTORY (directory)' failed
Segmentation fault

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Of course it is not a problem that affects everybody. Maybe this bug shows up under very specific conditions thus it's difficult to reproduce but when it happens, it seems to be a pretty serious bug. I hope somebody more experienced will get to find the source of the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 26 13:07:12 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: nautilus 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is either missing or challenging to deal with as a '.crash' file. Please follow these instructions to have apport report a new bug about your crash that can be dealt with by the automatic retracer.

 If you are running the Ubuntu Stable Release you might need to enable apport in /etc/default/apport and restart.

 If you are using Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop environment - launch nautilus and navigate to your /var/crash directory and double click on the crash report you wish to submit.

 If you are using Kubuntu or Xubuntu you can file the crash using /usr/share/apport/apport-qt --crash-file=/var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash in a terminal - where _my_crash_report.crash is the crash you would like to report.
 I'm closing this bug report since the process outlined above will automatically open a new bug report which can then dealt with more efficiently. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding.

[Sergiy Matrunchyk (sergiy.matrunchyk)]

I confirm this bug. It's affect me too.

[milad-hero (miladbashiri)]

I had the same problem, and fixed it by deleting the folder ~/.local/share/gvfs-metadata

[David Robert Lewis (afrodeity)]

I have same problem. Nautilus unresponsive. Deleting the gvfs-metadata didn't help either.