You are not supposed to start GUI applications with sudo, use gksudo instead. Do you still experience this issue when starting nautilus with gksudo?
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424400 Title: Unable to access Trash when launching Nautilus with "sudo nautilus" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1424400/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs