Public bug reported: **Description:** When using Nautilus (Files) on Ubuntu 24.04, opening an empty directory and pressing any arrow key causes Nautilus to immediately crash and exit with a "Segmentation fault" error.
**Steps to Reproduce:** 1. Open Nautilus. 2. Navigate to any empty directory. 3. Press any arrow key (Up, Down, Left, or Right) on the keyboard. 4. Observe that Nautilus crashes and closes abruptly. **Expected Behavior:** Nautilus should not crash. Pressing arrow keys in an empty directory should either do nothing or move focus according to standard navigation behavior. **Actual Behavior:** Nautilus closes immediately, and running it from the terminal shows the following error message: Segmentation fault **Environment:** * OS: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS * Tested under:Wayland **Additional Notes:** * This issue only occurs when the directory is completely empty (contains no files or subfolders). * The crash is consistent and reproducible every time. * Running Nautilus in terminal mode confirms a segmentation fault occurs right after the arrow key input. * This bug appears to have started after the fix for https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/2066062 was applied. It’s possible that the changes introduced in that patch introduced a regression when handling keyboard navigation in empty directories. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: nautilus 1:46.4-0ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 6.14.0-27.27~24.04.1-generic 6.14.6 Uname: Linux 6.14.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Aug 6 17:21:07 2025 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-zoom-level' b"'small'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'default-folder-viewer' b"'list-view'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'fts-enabled' b'false' b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'migrated-gtk-settings' b'true' b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(889, 550)' InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-08-06 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20250215) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_nautilus: file-roller 44.3-0ubuntu1 nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal 3.52.0-1ubuntu2 ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2119684 Title: Nautilus crashes with "Segmentation fault" when pressing arrow keys in empty directory on Ubuntu 24.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/2119684/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
