the issue is indeed a local installation you did: " libgtk-3.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgtk-3.so.0 (0x009ec000)"
that version is taking over the Ubuntu one and creating your issue ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- 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/874582 Title: Nautilus fails to start after 11.10 upgrade Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Upon upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10, Nautilus doesn't start automatically and doesn't start manually. When started from terminal, it gives the following output: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension Initializing nautilus-gdu extension nautilus: symbol lookup error: nautilus: undefined symbol: gtk_overlay_new running "dpkg -l | grep nautilus" gives the output: ii libnautilus-extension1 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu5 libraries for nautilus components - runtime version ii nautilus 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu5 file manager and graphical shell for GNOME ii nautilus-data 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu5 data files for nautilus ii nautilus-sendto 3.0.1-0ubuntu1 integrates Evolution and Pidgin into the Nautilus file manager ii nautilus-sendto-empathy 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 GNOME multi-protocol chat and call client (nautilus-sendto plugin) ii nautilus-share 0.7.3-1ubuntu1 Nautilus extension to share folder using Samba running "dpkg -l | grep gtk" gives the output: ii adobe-flash-properties-gtk 11.0.1.152-0oneiric1 GTK+ control panel for Adobe Flash Player plugin version 10 ii appmenu-gtk 0.3.0-0ubuntu1 Export GTK menus over DBus ii appmenu-gtk3 0.3.0-0ubuntu1 Export GTK menus over DBus ii apport-gtk 1.23-0ubuntu3 GTK+ frontend for the apport crash report system ii checkbox-gtk 0.12.8 GTK interface for checkbox ii computer-janitor-gtk 2.1.0-0ubuntu6 Clean up a system so it's more like a freshly installed one ii gftp-gtk 2.0.19-2ubuntu1 X/GTK+ FTP client ii gir1.2-dbusmenu-gtk-0.4 0.5.0-0ubuntu3 typelib file for libdbusmenu-gtk4 ii gir1.2-gtk-2.0 2.24.6-0ubuntu5 The GTK+ graphical user interface library -- gir bindings ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.2.0-0ubuntu2 GTK+ graphical user interface library -- gir bindings ii gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 gir files for the GTK+ syntax highlighting widget ii gtk-doc-tools 1.18-1ubuntu1 GTK+ documentation tools ii gtk-sharp2 2.12.10-2ubuntu1 GTK# 2.10 suite, CLI bindings for GTK+ ii gtk-sharp2-examples 2.12.10-2ubuntu1 sample applications for the GTK# 2.10 toolkit ii gtk-sharp2-gapi 2.12.10-2ubuntu1 C source parser and C# code generator for GObject based APIs ii gtk2-engines 1:2.20.2-0ubuntu1 theme engines for GTK+ 2.x ii gtk2-engines-murrine 0.98.1.1-0ubuntu3 cairo-based gtk+-2.0 theme engine ii gtk2-engines-pixbuf 2.24.6-0ubuntu5 Pixbuf-based theme for GTK+ 2.x ii gtk3-engines-unico 1.0.1-0ubuntu1 Unico Gtk+ 3 theme engine ii gtkmm-documentation 3.0.3-1 Documentation of C++ wrappers for GLib/GTK+ ii ibus-gtk 1.3.99.20110419-1ubuntu3 Intelligent Input Bus - GTK+2 support ii ibus-gtk3 1.3.99.20110419-1ubuntu3 Intelligent Input Bus - GTK+3 support ii jockey-gtk 0.9.4-0ubuntu10 GNOME user interface and desktop integration for driver management ii libaiksaurusgtk-1.2-0c2a 1.2.1+dev-0.12-6.1 graphical interface to the Aiksaurus toolkit (library) ii libavahi-ui-gtk3-0 0.6.30-4ubuntu1 Avahi GTK+ User interface library for GTK3 ii libcanberra-gtk-module 0.28-0ubuntu10 translates Gtk+ widgets signals to event sounds ii libcanberra-gtk0 0.28-0ubuntu10 Gtk+ helper for playing widget event sounds with libcanberra ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.28-0ubuntu10 Gtk+ 3.0 helper for playing widget event sounds with libcanberra ii libcanberra-gtk3-module 0.28-0ubuntu10 translates Gtk3 widgets signals to event sounds rc libcheese-gtk18 2.32.0-0ubuntu2 A tool to take pictures and videos from your webcam - widgets ii libcheese-gtk20 3.2.0-0ubuntu2 tool to take pictures and videos from your webcam - widgets ii libclutter-gtk-0.10-0 0.10.8-1ubuntu1 Open GL based interactive canvas library GTK+ widget ii libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 1.0.2-0ubuntu2 Open GL based interactive canvas library GTK+ widget ii libdbusmenu-gtk1 0.3.16-0ubuntu1 library for passing menus over DBus - GTK+ version ii libdbusmenu-gtk3 0.4.3-0ubuntu4 library for passing menus over DBus - GTK+ version ii libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 0.5.0-0ubuntu3 library for passing menus over DBus - GTK+ version ii libdbusmenu-gtk4 0.5.0-0ubuntu3 library for passing menus over DBus - GTK+ version ii libgdu-gtk0 3.0.2-1ubuntu2 GTK+ standard dialog library for libgdu ii libgtk-3-0 3.2.0-0ubuntu2 GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtk-3-bin 3.2.0-0ubuntu2 programs for the GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtk-3-common 3.2.0-0ubuntu2 common files for the GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtk-3-dev 3.2.0-0ubuntu2 development files for the GTK+ library ii libgtk-3-doc 3.2.0-0ubuntu2 documentation for the GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtk-sharp-beans-cil 2.14.1-2build2 Supplementary CLI bindings for GTK 2.14+ ii libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 0.4.3-2ubuntu2 VNC viewer widget for GTK+2 (runtime libraries) ii libgtk-vnc-2.0-0 0.4.3-2ubuntu2 VNC viewer widget for GTK+3 (runtime libraries) ii libgtk2-gladexml-perl 1.007-1build1 Perl interface to use user interfaces created with glade-2 ii libgtk2-perl 2:1.223-1build2 Perl interface to the 2.x series of the Gimp Toolkit library ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.6-0ubuntu5 The GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtk2.0-bin 2.24.6-0ubuntu5 The programs for the GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtk2.0-cil 2.12.10-2ubuntu1 CLI binding for the GTK+ toolkit 2.12 ii libgtk2.0-cil-dev 2.12.10-2ubuntu1 CLI binding for the GTK+ toolkit 2.12 ii libgtk2.0-common 2.24.6-0ubuntu5 Common files for the GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtk2.0-dev 2.24.6-0ubuntu5 Development files for the GTK+ library ii libgtk2.0-doc 2.24.6-0ubuntu5 Documentation for the GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtkglext1 1.2.0-1.2fakesync1 OpenGL Extension to GTK+ (shared libraries) ii libgtkhtml-4.0-0 4.1.92-0ubuntu1 HTML rendering/editing library - runtime files ii libgtkhtml-4.0-common 4.1.92-0ubuntu1 HTML rendering/editing library - common data ii libgtkhtml-editor-4.0-0 4.1.92-0ubuntu1 HTML rendering/editing library - editor widget ii libgtkhtml-editor-common 1:3.32.2-0ubuntu1 HTML rendering/editing library - editor widget data ii libgtkhtml-editor0 1:3.32.2-0ubuntu1 HTML rendering/editing library - editor widget ii libgtkhtml3.14-19 1:3.32.2-0ubuntu1 HTML rendering/editing library - runtime files ii libgtkmathview0c2a 0.8.0-7 rendering engine for MathML documents ii libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a 1:2.24.2-1 C++ wrappers for GTK+ (shared libraries) ii libgtkmm-2.4-dbg 1:2.24.2-1 C++ wrappers for GTK+ (debug symbols) ii libgtkmm-2.4-dev 1:2.24.2-1 C++ wrappers for GTK+ (development files) ii libgtkmm-2.4-doc 1:2.24.2-1 C++ wrappers for GTK+ (documentation) ii libgtkmm-3.0-1 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 C++ wrappers for GTK+ (shared libraries) ii libgtksourceview-3.0-0 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 shared libraries for the GTK+ syntax highlighting widget ii libgtksourceview-3.0-common 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 common files for the GTK+ syntax highlighting widget ii libgtksourceview2.0-0 2.10.5-0ubuntu3 shared libraries for the GTK+ syntax highlighting widget ii libgtksourceview2.0-common 2.10.5-0ubuntu3 common files for the GTK+ syntax highlighting widget ii libgtkspell0 2.0.16-1ubuntu2 spell-checking addon for GTK's TextView widget ii libgtkspell3-0 2.0.16-1ubuntu2 spell-checking addon for GTK's TextView widget ii libgwibber-gtk2 3.2.0.1-0ubuntu1 Gwibber GTK Widgets ii libido-0.1-0 0.3.0-0ubuntu4 Shared library providing extra gtk menu items for display in ii libido3-0.1-0 0.3.0-0ubuntu4 Shared library providing extra gtk menu items for display in ii libindicate-gtk2 0.5.0-0ubuntu2 library for raising indicators via DBus - GTK bindings ii libindicate-gtk3 0.6.1-0ubuntu1 library for raising indicators via DBus - GTK bindings ii libnm-gtk-common 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6 network management framework (common files for wifi and mobile) ii libnm-gtk0 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6 network management framework (GNOME dialogs for wifi and mobile) ii libpolkit-gtk-1-0 0.102-1ubuntu1 PolicyKit GTK+ API ii libreoffice-gtk 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 office productivity suite -- GTK+ integration ii libseed-gtk3-0 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 GObject JavaScript bindings for the webkit engine - Runtime ii libswt-cairo-gtk-3-jni 3.7-2ubuntu1 Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK+ Cairo JNI library ii libswt-gnome-gtk-3-jni 3.7-2ubuntu1 Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK+ GNOME JNI library ii libswt-gtk-3-java 3.7-2ubuntu1 Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK+ Java library ii libswt-gtk-3-jni 3.7-2ubuntu1 Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK+ JNI library ii libswt-webkit-gtk-3-jni 3.7-2ubuntu1 Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK+ WebKit JNI library ii libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 1.4.3-0ubuntu3 Web content engine library for Gtk+ ii libwebkitgtk-1.0-common 1.4.3-0ubuntu3 Web content engine library for Gtk+ - data files ii libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 1.4.3-0ubuntu3 Web content engine library for Gtk+ ii libwebkitgtk-3.0-common 1.4.3-0ubuntu3 Web content engine library for Gtk+ - data files ii libwmf0.2-7-gtk 0.2.8.4-7ubuntu4 Windows metafile conversion library ii libwxgtk2.8-0 2.8.11.0-0ubuntu10 wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (GTK+ runtime) ii libwxgtk2.8-dev 2.8.11.0-0ubuntu10 wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (GTK+ development) ii monodoc-gtk2.0-manual 2.12.10-2ubuntu1 compiled XML documentation for GTK# 2.10 ii openoffice.org-gtk 1:3.3.0-7ubuntu4 office productivity suite -- GTK+ integration ii python-aptdaemon-gtk 0.43+bzr697-0ubuntu1 Transitional dummy package ii python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets 0.43+bzr697-0ubuntu1 Python GTK+ 3 widgets to run an aptdaemon client ii python-aptdaemon.gtkwidgets 0.43+bzr697-0ubuntu1 Python GTK+ 2 widgets to run an aptdaemon client ii python-gtk2 2.24.0-2 Python bindings for the GTK+ widget set ii python-gtk2-dev 2.24.0-2 GTK+ bindings: devel files ii python-gtk2-doc 2.24.0-2 Python bindings for the GTK+ widget set - documentation ii python-gtksourceview2 2.10.1-2 Python bindings for the GtkSourceView widget ii python-gtkspell 2.25.3-7ubuntu3 Python bindings for the GtkSpell library ii software-properties-gtk 0.81.10 manage the repositories that you install software from (gtk) ii transmission-gtk 2.33-0ubuntu2 lightweight BitTorrent client (GTK interface) ii ubiquity-frontend-gtk 2.8.7 GTK+ frontend for Ubiquity live installer ii ubuntuone-control-panel-gtk 2.0.0-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu One Control Panel ii usb-creator-gtk 0.2.34 create a startup disk using a CD or disc image (for GNOME) ii visualboyadvance-gtk 1.8.0.dfsg-0.1 GTK+ front-end to VisualBoyAdvance emulator ii xdg-user-dirs-gtk 0.8-1ubuntu2 tool to manage well known user directories (Gtk extension) running "ldd `which nautilus`" gives the output: linux-gate.so.1 => (0x009eb000) libnautilus-extension.so.1 => /usr/lib/libnautilus-extension.so.1 (0x00666000) libgailutil-3.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgailutil-3.so.0 (0x007cd000) libgnome-desktop-3.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgnome-desktop-3.so.2 (0x00f80000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00110000) libnotify.so.4 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnotify.so.4 (0x00246000) liblaunchpad-integration-3.0.so.1 => /usr/lib/liblaunchpad-integration-3.0.so.1 (0x008b4000) libgtk-3.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgtk-3.so.0 (0x009ec000) libgdk-3.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgdk-3.so.0 (0x00583000) libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x0024e000) libcairo-gobject.so.2 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcairo-gobject.so.2 (0x0026e000) libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00526000) libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00275000) libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2 (0x00295000) libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00360000) libexif.so.12 => /usr/lib/libexif.so.12 (0x003a9000) libexempi.so.3 => /usr/lib/libexempi.so.3 (0x003e1000) libunity.so.6 => /usr/lib/libunity.so.6 (0x005fb000) libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00670000) libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x0094f000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x004cc000) libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00533000) libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x004e7000) libglib-2.0.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00e67000) libdbusmenu-glib.so.4 => /usr/lib/libdbusmenu-glib.so.4 (0x004ed000) libselinux.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1 (0x00507000) libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x007d6000) libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00fa8000) librt.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00658000) libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXrandr.so.2 (0x007b6000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00824000) libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00837000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00661000) libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXfixes.so.3 (0x007bf000) libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00856000) libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x008b9000) libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXinerama.so.1 (0x007c5000) libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXi.so.6 (0x00883000) libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00893000) libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x007c9000) libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00800000) libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00954000) libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x03658000) libpng12.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0 (0x008ee000) libxcb-shm.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x0089e000) libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x008a2000) libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1 (0x00918000) libz.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00923000) libexpat.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 (0x1da7c000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x11997000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00804000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00f60000) libgee.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgee.so.2 (0x10e98000) libdee-1.0.so.1 => /usr/lib/libdee-1.0.so.1 (0x1e77b000) libresolv.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x00938000) libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 (0x008ac000) libpcre.so.3 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 (0x2144c000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x05abd000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x11f2a000) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Oct 14 15:59:50 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=la_AU.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/874582/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: 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