the issue was not an issue with nautilus but one with the gdk-pixbuf tiff loaded and it got fixed in quantal, closing the bug
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1034816 Title: Nautilus property window hangs with some picture files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1034816/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs