The same issue is present on a fresh Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 LTS install with gnome-session-wayland.
-- 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/1520906 Title: nautilus segfault with gnome-session-wayland Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This is on 16.04, `update-manager -d` from 15.10 ubuntugnome. Installed gnome-session-wayland after successfully using the normal gnome-session and tried to start nautilus after logging in. It didn't start. I tried to start it from the shell and just got: $ nautilus Segmentation fault (core dumped) I installed the wayland, libx11 and nautilus dbg packages and ran gdb: $ gdb nautilus (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/nautilus [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". [New Thread 0x7fffe8da7700 (LWP 6014)] [New Thread 0x7fffe3fff700 (LWP 6015)] [New Thread 0x7fffe37fe700 (LWP 6016)] [New Thread 0x7fffe2bd3700 (LWP 6017)] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007ffff589850a in XInternAtom (dpy=0x799160, name=0xb54e30 "_NET_DESKTOP_MANAGER_S0", onlyIfExists=0) at ../../src/IntAtom.c:174 174 ../../src/IntAtom.c: No such file or directory. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.14.2-0ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sun Nov 29 02:02:35 2015 GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-29 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2015-11-29 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1520906/+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