No, I haven't yet reinstalled the operating system. It's VERY tempting, due to the accumulation of bugs over time that happens on a computer, but unfortunately I haven't had a chance to operate without my main computer for the 2 weeks that it takes to reinstall the operating system, applications, and configure everything again.
Yes, the last time I had this issue was yesterday. I don't know of any way to make Nautilus start functioning again other than rebooting the computer. Note that this particular bug is not common. ie. It doesn't occur every day. It happens every couple of weeks on average. -- 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/1705864 Title: Nautilus no longer starts (again) Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have reported this bug several times (about 5 times) before. I have not had this error occur for some weeks. I was using nautilus during my current session about half an hour ago. I have tried to start nautilus by: 1. Clicking "Show in folder" from Google Chromium browser; and 2. Clicking the "Files" icon in the Unity Launcher; and 3. Typing "nautilus" into a terminal. The best I get is the icon in the Launcher flashes as the application tries to start. 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu el_gallo_azul@W2600CR-850Pro:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Release: 16.04 2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center el_gallo_azul@W2600CR-850Pro:~$ apt-cache policy nautilus nautilus: Installed: 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu6 Candidate: 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu6 Version table: *** 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu6 500 500 http://mirror.optus.net/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu4 500 500 http://mirror.optus.net/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 3) What you expected to happen Nautilus starts 4) What happened instead Nautilus doesn't start ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.9 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Jul 23 09:03:00 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-14 (1012 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-26 (330 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1705864/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
