Alright, just tested this. ran date before starting nautilus, got "Fri 14 Aug 2020 05:02:02 PM PDT", ran it once the window appeared, got "Fri 14 Aug 2020 05:03:02 PM PDT", so pretty much a full minute to the second. and here's what I see from journalctl during that period:
Aug 14 17:02:36 boxxy pulseaudio[2703]: D: [pulseaudio] module-udev-detect.c: /dev/snd/controlC2 is accessible: no Aug 14 17:02:36 boxxy pulseaudio[2703]: D: [pulseaudio] module-udev-detect.c: Suspending all sinks and sources of card alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1. Aug 14 17:02:53 boxxy dbus-daemon[2064]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.326' (uid=1> Aug 14 17:02:53 boxxy systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service... Aug 14 17:02:53 boxxy gnome-shell[4717]: ERROR: Error getting parameter! Can not get config by name locations.Org.gnome.Nautilus defaulting to false'value is undefined Aug 14 17:02:53 boxxy systemd-resolved[2043]: Server returned error NXDOMAIN, mitigating potential DNS violation DVE-2018-0001, retrying transaction with reduced feature level UDP. Aug 14 17:02:53 boxxy dbus-daemon[2064]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1' Aug 14 17:02:53 boxxy systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service. Aug 14 17:03:23 boxxy systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Succeeded. -- 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/1891712 Title: nautilus takes ages to start up when not already running Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I'm filing this bug separately because it appears to be distinct from #1063282, but the root cause may be similar. when I start nautilus and it's not already running, it can take an extremely long time to start, up to even 2m before a file browser appears. as well, opening certainly locations (like the trash, or network shares) can also take another huge span of time before they complete. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-lowlatency 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-lowlatency x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Aug 14 13:21:04 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-07-15 (30 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) 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/1891712/+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
