The bug is old and Ubuntu changed quite a lot since, there has also been no activity here nor similar reports. Closing since we believe the issue as described is deprecated but feel free to file a new report if you still have problems in recent Ubuntu versions.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to sudo in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467607 Title: Hostname changes breaks application loading Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in sudo package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: hostname On 9.10 changing the hostname via the terminal breaks the loading of applications until a reboot. You can see this below: joseph@joseph-work:~$ nautilus (nautilus:2068): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed [nautilus gives errors, but loads] joseph@joseph-work:~$ sudo hostname example sudo: unable to resolve host joseph-work [change hostname to example, complains about my previous hostname] joseph@joseph-work:~$ nautilus No protocol specified Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display: joseph@joseph-work:~$ [Nautilus fails to open] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/467607/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp