I'm getting the same problem: scott@scott-Ubuntu:~$ nautilus Could not register the application: Timeout was reached
scott@scott-Ubuntu:~$ ps aux | grep nautilus scott 2723 0.0 0.6 1379804 53692 ? Sl 09:13 0:09 nautilus -n scott 7579 0.0 0.0 15948 924 pts/0 S+ 15:39 0:00 grep --color=auto nautilus scott@scott-Ubuntu:~$ scott@scott-Ubuntu:~$ killall -9 nautilus scott@scott-Ubuntu:~$ ps aux | grep nautilus scott 7584 0.0 0.0 15944 924 pts/0 S+ 15:41 0:00 grep --color=auto nautilus scott@scott-Ubuntu:~$ nautilus Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error No such file or directory Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing. tdb(__NULL__): tdb_open_ex: called with name == NULL (nautilus then starts within a couple of minutes). -- 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/1290310 Title: nautilus does not start Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I tried to launch nautilus but it did not start so i tried from alt+f2 and terminal but it did not start I got following message j0053@j0053-hp-probook-4420s:~$ nautilus Could not register the application: Timeout was reached ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-16.36-generic 3.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-16-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Mar 10 14:42:18 2014 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-visible-columns' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'where']" b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'group', 'where', 'mime_type', 'owner', 'permissions']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-24 (715 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120324) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-01-30 (39 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1290310/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
