Public bug reported: Almost every time I try to launch Nautilus – whether via the panel, via the terminal, or by clicking "Open" buttons in programs – it takes close to 1 minute to launch. I have timed it using a watch, and it seems to take between 30 seconds and 1 minute from the relevant button is pressed before Nautilus appears on screen.
This has been occurring for months. I think it started occuring after updating to Ubuntu 20.10, but I no longer remember precisely. I guessed it was a known issue that would be fixed, or just an issue specific to my setup, but now I am beginning to wonder whether I am facing some kind of true bug. All my hours of Google-fu and poking around the system has turned up nothing useful. In contrast to e.g. #1886021, there are no error messaged in the terminal that give any hints. Nor are there anything useful in the syslog – at least that I am able to spot. Given how infuriating it is to always have to wait for 30+ seconds to open any file dialog, I am very willing to help debug this. But I have now reached the limits of my (admittedly limited) debugging abilities. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.38.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-41.46-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-41-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Feb 2 21:00:46 2021 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-04 (1005 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-11-07 (87 days ago) usr_lib_nautilus: evince 3.38.0-1 file-roller 3.38.0-1 nautilus-extension-brasero 3.12.2-6ubuntu1 nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal 3.38.0-1ubuntu1.1 nautilus-share 0.7.3-2ubuntu3 ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug groovy nautilus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1914289 Title: Nautilus takes ~1 minute to open To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1914289/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs