I tracked it down, seems an interesting nautilus extension I was testing (3rd party provided) somehow caused this even though it worked fine and there were no apparent bad effects other than this. (- a mediainfo extension exposed thru properties menu.
The journalctl -f message at point of 'hang' was g_file_resolve_relative_path: assertion 'relative_path != NULL' failed So marking invalid, sorry about that.. ** 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/1815775 Title: libnautilus-fileroller.so fails on .deb archives Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Test Case: Place any .deb file in a user folder ( ex. Documents Right click on > Extract here This works ok, a folder using the.deb named is created. Inside will be 3 files. Right click on either of the archives inside that folder > extract here or extract to What happens: An extracted folder is created with nothing in it. Nautilus's file operations hangs on "Preparing" > Verifying destination. Cancelling the operation has no effect, nautilus is perpetually in that operation till nautilus is quit. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: file-roller 3.31.90-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.19.0-12.13-generic 4.19.18 Uname: Linux 4.19.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu20 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Feb 13 10:10:07 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-02-08 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20190203) SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1815775/+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