Bug#861989: nautilus: Nautilus freezes/crashes when right clicking and selecting properties for 1 or more files

[Luke Christopher Clarke]

Hello,

The issue will occur on any particular type of file. I have created a video
recording me replicating the bug using just a JPG.
https://youtu.be/eUI2tVpZ6nY

Regards
Luke

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 5:36 AM, Jason Crain <jason at inspiresomeone.us>
wrote:

> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>
> On Sun, May 07, 2017 at 12:41:46PM +1000, Luke wrote:
> > Method
> > ~~~~~~
> > 1.) Open up Nautilus
> > 2.) Navigate to a folder where you want to find the file size of contents
> > 3.) Select the file(s)/folder(s), right hand click
> > 4.) Click on the option "Properties" in the menu
> >
> > Expected Results
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Properties dialog will appear
> >
> >
> > Actual Results
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Nautilus will lock up, will not be able to use it even if I have multiple
> > windows opened. Eventually Gnome will inform me that Nautilus has
> potentially
> > crashed.
> > Other times, it has taken over a minute to load the properties dialog.
> >
> > Notes
> > ~~~~~
> > Does not happen all the time, about 50% for me. When it does occur
> Nautilus
> > will not open unless I either;
> > - Open using root permissions
> > - Use command 'pkill nautilus'
> >
> > I can replicate this issue on two separate computers running Debian 8.7
>
> I don't see this happening on either jessie or sid.  Does this only
> happen under some particular circumstance, like a particular file, a
> large directory, a network filesytem, etc?
>
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