I am experiencing the same issue on Ubuntu 11.10 with gvfs 1.10.0-0ubuntu1 and libgphoto2-2 version 2.4.11-3.
I am trying to copy about 7Gb of photos and video clips from a camera via USB to an external USB HDD using cut/paste in Nautilus. gvfs-gphoto2 consumes about 2Gb of memory (2.6 Gb VIRT and 1.9Gb RES accoring to top). This also means its diggin into the swap space (about 1.5Gb of swap is used). The system grinds to a virtual halt, and Nautilus crashed twice during the operation forcing me to restart the copying.... Cheers N -- 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/673151 Title: gvfsd-gphoto2 when downloading a file from camera loads entire file into memory first, doesn't write it onto hdd simultaneously Status in “gvfs” package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: Binary package hint: gvfs gvfsd-gphoto2 loads entire file into memory by first when downloading it from camera and flushes it onto hdd once it is whole in memory unlike gphoto2 that writes onto hdd simultaneously with loading the file from camera. When downloading a video from my Canon EOS 500D camera, gvfsd-gphoto2 loads it whole into memory by first filling hundreds of MBs or even more of memory (once RAM is full it keeps writing into swap) and writes it onto hdd only when it is entire read in memory. This dramatically slows the computer down and takes a lot more time than with gphoto2 that writes immediately and uses nearly no memory. I am using Ubuntu 10.10, the latest gvfs package from the repository version 1.6.4-0ubuntu1.1 This is possibly an upstream bug. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/673151/+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
