Nautilus is causing a constant flow of GLib-GObject-CRITICAL assertion errors

Bug #884808 reported by Forage
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
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Bug Description

When Nautilus is open, a constant flow of identical errors are being added to ~/.xsession-errors.
The following error is added every second, constantly, for the period Nautilus is open:

(nautilus:3088): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_value_get_object: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_OBJECT (value)' failed

By default the "(nautilus:3088):" prefix is not added to the log. This is the result of setting "G_MESSAGES_PREFIXED=all" as an environment variable.

Besides the fact that it renders the .xsession-error file useless, it is quite embarrassing that such an error has been overlooked.

To my knowledge only Tracker added additional Nautilus integration.

Let me know if you need any more information.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 1 17:13:52 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.xdg.autostart.nautilus.autostart.desktop: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.xdg.autostart.nautilus.autostart.desktop: 2011-10-29T18:53:16.463005

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Forage (forage) wrote :
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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Opening Nautilus creates immediately over 60 lines of:
(nautilus:1524): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_value_get_object: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_OBJECT (value)' failed

Regarding usability of a flooded .xsession-errors there're some reports already which don't have high priority.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Forage (forage) wrote :

Note that you don't specifically have to open the file. Opening Nautilus in general is sufficient. If you have the status bar enabled you can even just select the file and see its file size continue to increase.

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

Get this second error logged too on Precise i386:

gtk_image_menu_item_set_always_show_image: assertion `GTK_IS_IMAGE_MENU_ITEM (image_menu_item)' failed

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the issue is an indicator-appmenu one and already got reported

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Forage (forage) wrote :

Reported where and if it's caused by indicator-appmenu, why does it only occur when nautilus is opened?

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Forage (forage) wrote :

Unless you are only going by dino99's comment, which has nothing to do with this issue

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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