The following workaround works: - find the pid of the currently running process of Nautilus (there is always one, I guess for the desktop) - kill it. That makes the desktop disappears - launch Nautilus again from the Launcher. This opens a new Nautilus window and also brings back the desktop. Now even if I close the Nautilus window, the desktop remains, as expected, and now everything works as expected.
-- 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/1759282 Title: randomly become unable to open new Nautilus windows Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: At random times after having the system running for a few hours this starts happening: - I don't have any Nautilus window open (I previously dad and at some point closed all of them) - I click on Nautilus' launcher icon - it kind of blinks for like 30 seconds (by the way, that's barely noticeable, that sucks on its own) and then nothing happens, no Nautilus window opens up, no error message shows up (that's another thing that is wrong on its own, you should ALWAYS get an error message when something fails) and the Launcher icon finally stops blinking. I retry a few times, same result. So I open a terminal and try to launch Nautilus from there, so at least I get the fucking error messages: $ nautilus (nautilus:18764): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_interface_skeleton_unexport: assertion 'interface_->priv->connections != NULL' failed (nautilus:18764): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_interface_skeleton_unexport: assertion 'interface_->priv->connections != NULL' failed Could not register the application: Timeout was reached (nautilus:18764): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_theme_get_for_screen: assertion 'GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed (nautilus:18764): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance (nautilus:18764): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_object: assertion 'G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed For fuck's sake please switch to some other file manager, Nautilus is pathetic. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-116.140-generic 4.4.98 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-116-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Mar 27 16:03:32 2018 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'190' b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1197x691+309+248'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'use-tree-view' b'true' b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (1627 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1759282/+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
