whoops. yes here are the logs. I though I included them in the original report!
Here are the entries corresponding to when I first experienced the bug: Oct 27 01:22:54 avc-19 gnome-shell[1561]: mesa: for the --simplifycfg-sink-common option: may only occur zero or one times! Oct 27 01:22:54 avc-19 gnome-shell[1561]: mesa: for the --global-isel-abort option: may only occur zero or one times! Oct 27 01:22:55 avc-19 gnome-shell[1561]: Unset XDG_SESSION_ID, getCurrentSessionProxy() called outside a user session. Asking logind directly. Oct 27 01:22:55 avc-19 gnome-shell[1561]: Failed to find "Display" session; are we the greeter? Oct 27 01:22:55 avc-19 gnome-shell[1561]: Considering c1, class=greeter Oct 27 01:22:55 avc-19 gnome-shell[1561]: Yes, will monitor session c1 Oct 27 01:22:56 avc-19 gnome-shell[1561]: Failed to register AuthenticationAgent Oct 27 01:22:56 avc-19 gnome-shell[1561]: Getting invalid resource scale property Oct 27 01:22:56 avc-19 gnome-shell[1561]: Error looking up permission: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: No entry for geolocation Oct 27 01:22:56 avc-19 gnome-shell[1561]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/windowManager.js 1640]: reference to undefined property "MetaWindowXwayland" Oct 27 01:22:57 avc-19 gnome-shell[1561]: Registering session with GDM Oct 27 01:23:16 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: Unset XDG_SESSION_ID, getCurrentSessionProxy() called outside a user session. Asking logind directly. Oct 27 01:23:16 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: Will monitor session 2 Oct 27 01:23:16 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: current session already has an ibus-daemon. Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: Telepathy is not available, chat integration will be disabled. Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: JS WARNING: [/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ubuntu-d...@ubuntu.com/appIcons.js 1090]: unreachable code after return statement Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: _clutter_stage_queue_event: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_STAGE (stage)' failed Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: _clutter_stage_queue_event: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_STAGE (stage)' failed Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: _clutter_stage_queue_event: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_STAGE (stage)' failed Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: _clutter_stage_queue_event: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_STAGE (stage)' failed Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: _clutter_stage_queue_event: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_STAGE (stage)' failed Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: _clutter_stage_queue_event: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_STAGE (stage)' failed Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: _clutter_stage_queue_event: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_STAGE (stage)' failed Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: _clutter_stage_queue_event: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_STAGE (stage)' failed Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: _clutter_stage_queue_event: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_STAGE (stage)' failed Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: _clutter_stage_queue_event: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_STAGE (stage)' failed Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: _clutter_stage_queue_event: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_STAGE (stage)' failed Oct 27 01:23:17 avc-19 gnome-shell[3116]: ibus_bus_hello: assertion 'ibus_bus_is_connected (bus)' failed -- 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/1850085 Title: right-click 'Format' removable drive not opening dialog Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: right clicking on removable media in nautilus, the format option does nothing. All other right click options work as expected. Formatting the drive via the disks utility works as expected. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.34.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-19.20-generic 5.3.1 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Oct 27 17:59:20 2019 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(890, 548)' InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-27 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_nautilus: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1850085/+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