I followed the DebuggingProgramCrash instructions, installed the nautilus-dbgsym package, and attempted to start the program via gdb: wan % gdb nautilus GNU gdb 6.6-debian Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... "/usr/bin/nautilus": not in executable format: File format not recognized
Strace output? wan % strace nautilus execve("/usr/bin/nautilus", ["nautilus"], [/* 42 vars */]) = -1 EFAULT (Bad address) --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV (core dumped) +++ Process 6558 detached Maybe the file format was incorrect? [mind:~] wan % file `which nautilus` /usr/bin/nautilus: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped Hmm. What else can I try? wan % sudo aptitude reinstall nautilus wan % gdb nautilus GNU gdb 6.6-debian Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1". Aha! Corrupt package maybe? -- nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs