This just happened today. Nautilus (3.8.2) on my Ubuntu 13.10 machine used to work fine, but now, when I try to run it (either from the icon or command line), it opens for about a second and then closes/crashes. The behaviour from the command line is as follows:
me@Bedrock1:~$ nautilus
sys:1: Warning: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
(nautilus:3388): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_loader_close: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF_LOADER (loader)' failed
(nautilus:3388): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_loader_get_pixbuf: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF_LOADER (loader)' failed
sys:1: Warning: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Segmentation fault
Does this make any sense? Is there an easy way to see if I installed any libraries yesterday or today, that may be causing this problem?
For now, I'm avoiding the problem by using Dolphin, but am worried there's a problem that will bite me in other applications.