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If I try to launch Nautilus in whatever way (from Unity, Terminal), it doesn't launch. Terminal gives me these outputs:

launch

name@machine:~$ nautilus

(nautilus:4367): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' is not installed

Trasovací/ladící past (SIGTRAP) (core dumped [obraz paměti uložen])

launch with sudo

name@machine:~$ sudo nautilus

(nautilus:4672): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files

(nautilus:4672): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' is not installed

Trasovací/ladící past (SIGTRAP) (core dumped [obraz paměti uložen])

check

name@machine:~$ nautilus -c
running nautilus_self_check_file_utilities
running nautilus_self_check_file_operations
running nautilus_self_check_directory

(nautilus:4689): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' is not installed

Trasovací/ladící past (SIGTRAP) (core dumped [obraz paměti uložen])

I tried to reinstall Nautilus (with purge), reboot, remove ~/.config/nautilus, step by step at first and then all at once but nothing worked. I haven't changed any configuration or made any significant changes in Ubuntu system since installation. Yesterday Nautilus worked, today doesn't. Does anybody know how to fix it?

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    After seeing what you have tried already, this looks like something you can't fix yourself. I suggest you report this as a bug at bugs.launchpad.net.
    – Jos
    May 10, 2016 at 8:32
  • sudo killall nautilus; sudo apt-get install --reinstall nautilus nautilus-data gnome-system-monitor; journalctl -f; nautilus -c
    – rwcommand
    Sep 2, 2023 at 9:37

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For me terminating the running nautilus process and restarting it worked.

ps awx | grep nautilus

I found the process id and then terminated it with

sudo kill -TERM <id>
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    That is what sometimes happens on my Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 and your solution is exactly what I've needed.
    – hata
    Oct 30, 2017 at 14:30
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    Or you can kill it from process monitor.
    – Vicky
    Dec 9, 2017 at 14:53
  • wow.. this piece of code helped me. Thanks
    – MagePsycho
    Jan 23, 2018 at 11:43
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    Commands didn't help me (or maybe I used the wrong ID), but killing nautilus from the system monitor did it for me. Thanks!
    – Nat Naydenova
    Mar 25, 2018 at 19:29
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    Still works on Ubuntu 20.04
    – Martin Medro
    Nov 20, 2020 at 4:40
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The schema org.gnome.nautilus.preferences is defined in the file /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.nautilus.gschema.xml which is in the package nautilus-data. Maybe it got damaged somehow.

Use

sudo apt-get install --reinstall nautilus-data

to install that package again.

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  • That file had been missing completely. Solution worked, thank you. I thought it could be caused by some broken or missing file. Are you specialist or do you found out that somehow? Is there a way how to recognize, which package has broken or missing file (at least the missing one, broken files are always difficult to spot)? Why nautilus-data cannot be removed if I purge nautilus and with all its no longer used dependencies (is it used by another gnome-based package)?
    – aleskva
    May 10, 2016 at 17:26
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    in my case it still doesn't work. I had to execute sudo nautilus ...
    – bogdan.rusu
    Nov 12, 2016 at 14:25
  • @bogdan.rusu Same here
    – Jan M.
    Dec 23, 2016 at 12:06
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    The correct answer should be @Efi Kaltirimidou
    – Tai Christian
    May 23, 2019 at 8:00
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killall nautilus

will kill all instances.

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    By far the simplest solution. Should be the top answer.
    – wordsforthewise
    Mar 13, 2021 at 4:20

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