Just got bit by this bug. I have two laptops running 13.04. The faster one with an Intel Core I5 is running x86, and the slower one is running amd64. (I prefer x86, but the slower laptop had a different bug that prevented me from using x86.) The fast laptop doesn't have any Nautilus / Samba / GVFS problems, but the slow laptop is completely broken for file transfers. I don't know if this has to do with the speed or if 32bit vs 64bit makes the difference.
With regards to the workaround proposed in comment #171, thanks a lot for the tip, that version of GVFS solved the problem. However, the best way to implement the workaround is with APT pinning. To do this: 0. Add the Precise repos mentioned in comment #171 1. Create a file called "gvfs-pin" or whatever you want in /etc/apt/preferences.d 2. Edit /etc/apt/preferences/gvfs-pin as follows: Package: gvfs* Pin: release a=precise Pin-Priority: 999 3. sudo apt-get upgrade -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1075923 Title: nautilus hangs copying large directories from a samba share Status in GVFS: Confirmed Status in “gvfs” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Problem ======= Copying files to and from samba shares (this includes Windows shares) is unreliable in Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.04 when using nautilus' integrated samba client (gvfs-smb): The copy randomly hangs after a few files or a few GB. Workaround ========== Until gvfs-smb is fixed, use the kernel samba client (cifs) that works reliably, is faster, but needs some terminal commands to get going: # sudo -s # mkdir /mnt/cifs # mount -t cifs -o user=YOUR_SAMBA_USER -o uid=YOUR_LINUX_USER "//SAMBA_SERVER/SAMBA_SHARE" /mnt/cifs It will ask for you password, you can then access the shared files at /mnt/cifs. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gvfs/+bug/1075923/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
