I am having this same problem, but when trying to open nautilus (or terminal) within a vncserver session. vnc error log reports:
gnome-terminal: /build/buildd/cairo-1.10.2/src/cairo-image- surface.c:1320: _pixel_to_solid: Assertion `!"reached"' failed. and nautilus: /build/buildd/cairo-1.10.2/src/cairo-image-surface.c:1320: _pixel_to_solid: Assertion `!"reached"' failed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994111 Title: Nautilus fails to start with assertation failure Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 $ dpkg-query -W libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 2.32.1-0ubuntu2 Nautilus does not start automatically when starting up gnome classic. When trying to start nautilus from a terminal session there is a short flicker on the screen and I get the following message: $ nautilus Initializing nautilus-gdu extension nautilus: /build/buildd/cairo-1.10.2/src/cairo-image-surface.c:1320: _pixel_to_solid: Assertion `!"reached"' failed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-server 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-server x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu May 3 19:20:51 2012 GsettingsChanges: org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '1080x570+0+24' org.gnome.nautilus.window-state side-pane-view 'tree' org.gnome.nautilus.window-state sidebar-width 261 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (6 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/994111/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
