Hi all,
i'm using Gnome 2.6 in FC2 and a few hours ago, nautilus started to crash whenever i tried to open my /home/x folder. I tried to reboot but nothing changed.
I tried to open nautilus from console as root and i could see the folder correctly. But as a standard user, the app keeps on crashing and reopening, even though i press the 'close' button.
Any ideas would be helpful.
Thanx in advance.
ps. i think that a yum update this afternoon (a few hours before the problem started) upgraded gnome-vfs. Could this make any sense?

run nautilus from a console and when it crashes you'll hopefully get a whole load of error messages you can interpret to solve the problem.

Thanx for the quick reply.
I forgot to mention i've already tried that, but nautilus just crashes and i get back at the console prompt with no errors printed...

may well be a --debug or a -v flag to get mroe information out of it.

No change. I checked with nautilus --help all the possible parameters but found nothing...
Thanx for helping though.

next step then is to run it inside gdb (ie. run "gdb /path/to/nautilus" and then enter "run" and hit enter), and hope the problem can be reproduced. when it crashes, enter "btf" and hit enter, this will dump a backtrace of whatever library and function caused the problem.

Here's the output:

[or1on@Phoenix or1on]$ gdb /usr/bin/nautilus
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This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux-gnu"...(no debugging symbols found)...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".

(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/nautilus
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -151149408 (LWP 6110)]
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...[New Thread 26622896 (LWP 6113)]

Program exited normally.
(gdb) btf
Undefined command: "btf". Try "help".
(gdb)

btf doesn't seem to work...
Thanx very much once again for helping me out...

oops, use "bt" then for backtrace. or look at the help... i use gdb so rarely....!

Tried that too.
I got a 'no stack' response.
Thanx once again...
I'll figure sth out in order to make /home visible again...

I finally managed to get some info on the crash, but i'm very qualified to understand exactly what the following means:

Debugging Information:

Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/nautilus'

(no debugging symbols found)...Using host libthread_db library
"/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging
symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -151149408 (LWP 4703)]
[New Thread 15588272 (LWP 4708)]
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -151149408 (LWP 4703)]
[New Thread 15588272 (LWP 4708)]
[New Thread 15322032 (LWP 4707)]
[New Thread 15055792 (LWP 4706)]
[New Thread 13249456 (LWP 4705)]
[New Thread 26237872 (LWP 4704)]
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging
symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -151149408 (LWP 4703)]
[New Thread 15588272 (LWP 4708)]
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no
debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging
symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols
found)...(no debugging symbols found)...0x008017a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80
() from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#0 0x008017a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#1 0x00a7ceab in __waitpid_nocancel () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
#2 0x00372442 in libgnomeui_module_info_get ()
from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
#3 <signal handler called>
#4 0x008017a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#5 0x00840e49 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#6 0x00842872 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#7 0x0083a718 in __assert_fail () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#8 0x00d1a96a in art_render_image_solid () from
/usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
#9 0x00d194a1 in art_render_invoke_callbacks ()
from /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
#10 0x00d1b76b in art_render_mask () from /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
#11 0x00d218d0 in art_svp_render_aa () from /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
#12 0x00d1bdda in art_render_mask () from /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
#13 0x00d196be in art_render_invoke () from /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
#14 0x0021026b in rsvg_pixbuf_from_file_at_max_size ()
from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
#15 0x002103d2 in rsvg_pixbuf_from_file_at_max_size ()
from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
#16 0x0021053d in rsvg_render_path () from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
#17 0x00210632 in rsvg_handle_path () from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
#18 0x0021073d in rsvg_start_path () from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
#19 0x002198cc in rsvg_radial_gradient_free () from
/usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
#20 0x042b3155 in xmlParseStartTag () from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
#21 0x042b85eb in xmlParseExtParsedEnt () from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
#22 0x042b900f in xmlParseChunk () from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
#23 0x00219c37 in rsvg_handle_write_impl () from
/usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
#24 0x0021a160 in rsvg_handle_write () from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
#25 0x0020f6ed in rsvg_parse_path () from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
#26 0x0020fcb7 in rsvg_pixbuf_from_file_at_zoom_with_max ()
from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
#27 0x060b1773 in nautilus_icon_factory_get_emblem_icons_for_file ()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
#28 0x060b1b54 in nautilus_icon_factory_get_emblem_icons_for_file ()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
#29 0x060b1c7b in nautilus_icon_factory_get_emblem_icons_for_file ()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
#30 0x060b1e50 in nautilus_icon_factory_get_emblem_icons_for_file ()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
#31 0x060b205f in nautilus_icon_factory_get_emblem_icons_for_file ()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
#32 0x060b23fb in nautilus_get_icon_size_for_zoom_level ()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
#33 0x060b2478 in nautilus_icon_factory_get_pixbuf_for_file_force_size
()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
#34 0x00000000 in ?? ()

Thread 6 (Thread 26237872 (LWP 4704)):
#0 0x008017a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#1 0x008cba27 in poll () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#2 0x00b93da6 in g_main_loop_get_context () from
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#3 0x00b931e0 in g_main_context_dispatch () from
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x00b938a3 in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#5 0x034c1cd2 in link_thread_io_context () from
/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#6 0x00bacc4d in g_static_private_free () from
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#7 0x00a7698c in start_thread () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#8 0x008d516a in clone () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.

Thread 5 (Thread 13249456 (LWP 4705)):
#0 0x008017a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#1 0x00a79790 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 ()
from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0x0601cd94 in _gnome_vfs_thread_pool_init ()
from /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#3 0x0601cdef in _gnome_vfs_thread_pool_init ()
from /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x00bacc4d in g_static_private_free () from
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#5 0x00a7698c in start_thread () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#6 0x008d516a in clone () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.

Thread 4 (Thread 15055792 (LWP 4706)):
#0 0x008017a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#1 0x00a79790 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 ()
from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0x0601cd94 in _gnome_vfs_thread_pool_init ()
from /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#3 0x0601cdef in _gnome_vfs_thread_pool_init ()
from /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x00bacc4d in g_static_private_free () from
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#5 0x00a7698c in start_thread () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#6 0x008d516a in clone () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.

Thread 3 (Thread 15322032 (LWP 4707)):
#0 0x008017a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#1 0x00a79790 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 ()
from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0x0601cd94 in _gnome_vfs_thread_pool_init ()
from /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#3 0x0601cdef in _gnome_vfs_thread_pool_init ()
from /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x00bacc4d in g_static_private_free () from
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#5 0x00a7698c in start_thread () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#6 0x008d516a in clone () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.

Thread 2 (Thread 15588272 (LWP 4708)):
#0 0x008017a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#1 0x00a79790 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 ()
from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0x0601cd94 in _gnome_vfs_thread_pool_init ()
from /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#3 0x0601cdef in _gnome_vfs_thread_pool_init ()
from /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x00bacc4d in g_static_private_free () from
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#5 0x00a7698c in start_thread () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#6 0x008d516a in clone () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.

Thread 1 (Thread -151149408 (LWP 4703)):
#0 0x008017a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#1 0x00a7ceab in __waitpid_nocancel () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0x00372442 in libgnomeui_module_info_get ()
from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#3 <signal handler called>
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x008017a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#5 0x00840e49 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#6 0x00842872 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#7 0x0083a718 in __assert_fail () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#8 0x00d1a96a in art_render_image_solid () from
/usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#9 0x00d194a1 in art_render_invoke_callbacks ()
from /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#10 0x00d1b76b in art_render_mask () from /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#11 0x00d218d0 in art_svp_render_aa () from /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#12 0x00d1bdda in art_render_mask () from /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#13 0x00d196be in art_render_invoke () from /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#14 0x0021026b in rsvg_pixbuf_from_file_at_max_size ()
from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#15 0x002103d2 in rsvg_pixbuf_from_file_at_max_size ()
from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#16 0x0021053d in rsvg_render_path () from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#17 0x00210632 in rsvg_handle_path () from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#18 0x0021073d in rsvg_start_path () from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#19 0x002198cc in rsvg_radial_gradient_free () from
/usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#20 0x042b3155 in xmlParseStartTag () from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#21 0x042b85eb in xmlParseExtParsedEnt () from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#22 0x042b900f in xmlParseChunk () from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#23 0x00219c37 in rsvg_handle_write_impl () from
/usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#24 0x0021a160 in rsvg_handle_write () from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#25 0x0020f6ed in rsvg_parse_path () from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#26 0x0020fcb7 in rsvg_pixbuf_from_file_at_zoom_with_max ()
from /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#27 0x060b1773 in nautilus_icon_factory_get_emblem_icons_for_file ()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#28 0x060b1b54 in nautilus_icon_factory_get_emblem_icons_for_file ()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#29 0x060b1c7b in nautilus_icon_factory_get_emblem_icons_for_file ()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#30 0x060b1e50 in nautilus_icon_factory_get_emblem_icons_for_file ()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#31 0x060b205f in nautilus_icon_factory_get_emblem_icons_for_file ()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#32 0x060b23fb in nautilus_get_icon_size_for_zoom_level ()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#33 0x060b2478 in nautilus_icon_factory_get_pixbuf_for_file_force_size
()
from /usr/lib/libnautilus-private.so.2
No symbol table info available.
#34 0x00000000 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#0 0x008017a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2

well we have what appears to be an expection being raised there in the first thread, but it's not really showing much more to go on... if there is an upgrade available to libart_lgpl install it.....

Tried that but the lib is already the latest version....
The fact that root CAN open my home directory but the standard user only crashes it shouldn't possibly mean that something is wrong with permissions and/or user settings?

again possibly, but as you can guess, i'm well out of ideas!

I finally managed to find out (after reporting a bug to bugzilla) that the problem was caused by a postcript file which i created accidentally in my home folder and it's svg icon caused nautilus to crash... (unbelievable....i'm really getting to love Linux! )