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Nautilus won't start. When I try to launch it from a terminal, I get the following messages:

(nautilus:3344): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_interface_skeleton_unexport: assertion 'interface_->priv->connections != NULL' failed

(nautilus:3344): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_interface_skeleton_unexport: assertion 'interface_->priv->connections != NULL' failed
Could not register the application: Timeout was reached

(nautilus:3344): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_theme_get_for_screen: assertion 'GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed

(nautilus:3344): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(nautilus:3344): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_object: assertion 'G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

Could anyone suggest a way to fix this?

EDIT: Running nautilus -c produces the following output:

running nautilus_self_check_file_utilities
running nautilus_self_check_file_operations
running nautilus_self_check_directory
running nautilus_self_check_file
running nautilus_self_check_canvas_container
running nautilus_self_check_file_utilities
running nautilus_self_check_file_operations
running nautilus_self_check_directory
running nautilus_self_check_file
running nautilus_self_check_canvas_container
d3pd
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After killing all nautilus proccesses, the problem is fixed for me:

$ killall nautilus

It is not a great soution either but it is easier than reboot :)

atfornes
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Got the same problem (today), with the same output with nautilus -c. And as far as I know, nothing to do with nautilus-scripts.

Tried to logout, which seemed to be wrong solution. As I tried to login again, all I got was nice ubuntu background image and mouse cursor. No launcher, no top bar.

Then: CTRL+ALT+F1 (at least this worked), did login and then sudo reboot.

After reboot & login everything seems to work normally (although I got some problems with NAS NFS mounts during shutdown and restart, but I think that's another problem - probably with systemd).

Somehow this reminds me of Windows and Explorer... maybe someone knows how to handle this without reboot (I wouldn't accept reboot as a solution).

mjhuurre
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