same problem here, I tried dbus-launch nautilus but nautilus showed then freeze here are the terminal output:
$ dbus-launch nautilus ** Message: Initializing gksu extension... Initializing nautilus-gdu extension Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension Initializing nautilus-dropbox 0.6.7 (nautilus:3570): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed (nautilus:3570): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `DbusmenuMenuitem' (nautilus:3570): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed (nautilus:3570): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-CRITICAL **: dbusmenu_menuitem_property_set_variant: assertion `DBUSMENU_IS_MENUITEM(mi)' failed ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/334806 Title: nautilus disappear desktop icons and freeze open folders on jaunty -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs