Ok, maybe some progress. It appears I can search among a maximal number of hits. So that depends per folder. And as soon as Nautilus start to crash, I have to start all over by rebooting, as even small searches then crash. (Logging out/in does not make a difference.)
For what it is worth, I: 1 - have huge number of files, mostly from nodejs packages. 2 - am also running syncthing 3 - use " echo 100000 | sudo tee /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches " to keep hot reloading for Vue coding working -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1852053 Title: Nautilus Crashes when opening search field and entering first character To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1852053/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs