Thank you reporting this bug. Can you please try it with gksudo or gksu. sudo should never be used to run Gui apps.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- nautilus won't launch as sudo Feisty https://launchpad.net/bugs/71248 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs