Bug#499819: nautilus: sometimes: uses much CPU and blocks, not showing desktop icons, with no apparent reason

[Rodrigo]

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.20.0-6
Severity: normal


it happened several times.

it keeps writing to
~/nautilus-debug-log.txt
thousands of lines like this:

===== BEGIN MILESTONES =====
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6434 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6598 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6602 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6624 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6628 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6631 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6634 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6637 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6640 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6643 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6646 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6649 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6652 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6655 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6658 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6661 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
0xdc82b0 2008/09/22 19:27:18.6665 (USER): debug log dumped due to signal 11
(...)

by the moment, I solved the issue doing:
killall nautilus

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=gl_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=gl_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  desktop-file-utils         0.15-1        Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gnome-control-center       1:2.22.2.1-1  utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.20-2      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.22.0-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.22.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                      2.7-13        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.6.4-6       The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libeel2-2.20               2.20.0-7      Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii  libesd0                    0.2.36-3      Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libexempi3                 2.0.1-1       library to parse XMP metadata (Lib
ii  libexif12                  0.6.16-2.1    library to parse EXIF files
ii  libgail-common             1.22.3-1      GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail18                  1.22.3-1      GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4                2.22.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.6.2-1     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.16.5-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2         2.22.3-1      Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0                2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.20.1.1-1    A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             1:2.22.0-4    GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.12.11-3     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnautilus-extension1     2.20.0-6      libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.13-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.20.5-2      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  librsvg2-2                 2.22.2-2      SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1                2.0.65-5      SELinux shared libraries
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.9-1         library for program launch feedbac
ii  libtrackerclient0          0.6.6-2       metadata database, indexer and sea
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.1.4-2     X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.32.dfsg-3 GNOME XML library
ii  nautilus-data              2.20.0-6      data files for nautilus
ii  shared-mime-info           0.30-2        FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa

Versions of packages nautilus recommends:
ii  app-install-data            2008.07.28   Application Installer Data Files
ii  desktop-base                4.0.7        common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  eject                       2.1.5+deb1-1 ejects CDs and operates CD-Changer
ii  libgnomevfs2-extra          1:2.22.0-4   GNOME Virtual File System (extra m
ii  librsvg2-common             2.22.2-2     SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  nautilus-cd-burner          2.20.0-1     CD Burning front-end for Nautilus
ii  synaptic                    0.62.1       Graphical package manager

Versions of packages nautilus suggests:
ii  eog                           2.22.3-1   Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr
ii  evince [pdf-viewer]           2.22.2-2   Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
pn  fam                           <none>     (no description available)
ii  mpg123 [mp3-decoder]          1.4.3-3    MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player
ii  totem                         2.22.2-3   A simple media player for the GNOM
pn  tracker                       <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information