The memory usage seems to be proportional to the size of the files copied. When I copied 370 MB of files, according to 'top' the gvfsd- gphoto2 memory usage in RES column at the end was 420 MB. Memory is freed when I unplug USB. So a workaround is to copy only a few 100 MB of files, then unplug USB, then replug and resume.
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit. Package gvfs-backends is version 1.20.1-1ubuntu1. -- 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/348522 Title: gvfsd-gphoto2 copies files to RAM (unsuitable for really large files) Status in GVFS: Fix Released Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gvfs package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gvfs Copy video files from my Canon Digital IXUS 90 IS with 16GB SD Card is a very hard problem. It uses about 1 or 2 times the file dimension that you are copying. I have 2GB of memory (1GB RAM + 1 GB SWAP) and I can't backup some videos because they are too big. Also copying files from the computer to a media device (camera, smartphone etc) is broken for the same reason. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gvfs/+bug/348522/+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