Just as Guinew says but I would add that it happens for both local and SMB shares.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723476 Title: List view showing "loading" forever when folders have hidden files Status in Nautilus: Confirmed Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: nautilus Steps to recreate the bug: - open any nautilus window; - make sure you are viewing files as List View; - create a folder or go to an empty folder; - create one or more hidden files (your call) like ".fileA" inside this folder; - go to this folder parent; - click on the arrow on the left of this folder name; - "loading" won't stop showing up. I hope I have made myself clear. I tested this on 10.04 and 10.10. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: nautilus 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Feb 22 20:54:41 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/723476/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp