I too have this issue. I just upgraded from 18.04 LTS to 19.10 and Nautilus starts fine, finishes the check, but I cannot initiate any file commands like copy, move or delete. Nautilus doesn't respond and GNOME serves the pop-up to kill Nautilus. Pressing the 'waiting' option repeatedly doesn't solve it.
Running it from the commandline, I see some widget errors when trying to execute a command: $ nautilus G (org.gnome.Nautilus:23240): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 21:55:52.377: gtk_widget_get_mapped: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed (org.gnome.Nautilus:23240): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 21:55:52.377: gdk_window_is_visible: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed (org.gnome.Nautilus:23240): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 21:55:52.377: gdk_window_show_internal: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed (org.gnome.Nautilus:23240): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 21:55:52.377: gtk_widget_set_opacity: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed (org.gnome.Nautilus:23240): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 21:55:52.377: gtk_widget_queue_draw: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed (org.gnome.Nautilus:23240): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 21:55:54.380: gtk_widget_get_mapped: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed (org.gnome.Nautilus:23240): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 21:55:54.380: gdk_window_is_visible: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed (org.gnome.Nautilus:23240): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 21:55:54.380: gtk_widget_set_opacity: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed (org.gnome.Nautilus:23240): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 21:55:54.380: gtk_widget_queue_draw: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed It seems this bug has been reported upstream too, but is ignored as the version is too old https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/1218 I cannot find an easy answer in the logs that points to a specific problem. I can successfully do the file operations from the command line using mv, cp and rm, so it is no permission issue. I'm now in the process of installing Nautilus from Flathub gnome- nightly, hopefully that will give me back a working system. Because even though I did a nice upgrade using `sudo do-release-upgrade` it feels like I have a broken system now. Is there a way I can get more debugging from Nautilus? ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues #1218 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/1218 -- 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/1850001 Title: nautilus hangs on file delete Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Nautilus hangs when deleting a file. The file does not get deleted. This applies to the DELETE key, the SHIFT+DELETE keys, and the RIGHT- CLICK attempt at deleting. This is reproducible in this boot session. This has never happened since the install of the OS. 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 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Oct 26 18:12:36 2019 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-20 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191014) ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 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/1850001/+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
