Doughy and perhaps JuanDA will probably benefit from this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1322002#6
To quote from 'teh_lukes' linked post: "the folder ~/.local/share/gvfs-metadata became corrupted. deleting it solved the problem. don't know which file exactly." After upgrading to Karmic Koala, I had noticed that my desktop icons had disappeared. That fix worked for myself (and 2 people on ubuntuforums). -- nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV after connecting USB hard drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/461418 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs