Found a way to reproduce, updated description. ** Description changed:
- Uubuntu 14.04 + [Impact] + If nautilus fails to find the directories it requires on startup it attempts to show a dialog describing this and crashes due to following code assuming this dialog is a file browser window. - ProblemType: Crash - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 - Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu7 - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-14.34-generic 3.13.5 - Uname: Linux 3.13.0-14-generic i686 - ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5 - Architecture: i386 - Date: Sun Mar 2 11:18:54 2014 - ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus - GsettingsChanges: - - InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-01 (0 days ago) - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha i386 (20140301) - ProcCmdline: nautilus - Signal: 6 - SourcePackage: nautilus - StacktraceTop: - g_assertion_message () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 - g_assertion_message_expr () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 - ?? () - ?? () - ?? () - Title: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message() - UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) - UserGroups: + [Test Case] + 1. Create a test account + 2. Log into this account from a text terminal + 3. Create an invalid nautilus configuration directory: + $ mkdir .config + $ touch .config/nautilus + 4. Log into this account from the greeter + + Expected result: + You arrive at the users desktop + + Observed result: + You arrive at the users desktop but background icons are not shown. A blank dialog pops up momentarily then a crash report dialog. The blank dialog periodically pops up again (as nautilus attempts to restart). + + [Regression Potential] + There is a low risk that the proposed fix could cause other unforceen bugs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1286766 Title: Crashes on startup if shows "required directories missing" dialog Status in Nautilus: Unknown Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: [Impact] If nautilus fails to find the directories it requires on startup it attempts to show a dialog describing this and crashes due to following code assuming this dialog is a file browser window. [Test Case] 1. Create a test account 2. Log into this account from a text terminal 3. Create an invalid nautilus configuration directory: $ mkdir .config $ touch .config/nautilus 4. Log into this account from the greeter Expected result: You arrive at the users desktop Observed result: You arrive at the users desktop but background icons are not shown. A blank dialog pops up momentarily then a crash report dialog. The blank dialog periodically pops up again (as nautilus attempts to restart). [Regression Potential] There is a low risk that the proposed fix could cause other unforceen bugs. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1286766/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
