Public bug reported: This is trivial to reproduce - just plug any external drive with ntfs and copy smth substantial to local ntfs partition. The result - mouse doesn't even move most of the time, the system is useless and unresponsive until copying is finished.
Yes, ntfs is not native on GNU/Linux but nevertheless - this is very common task on loads of dual boot installations. And under no circumstances it should make ubuntu useless as it does now. I don't care much if copying big files to/from ntfs takes 5 or 10 minutes as long as I can actually keep using ubuntu in a meantime. Note the same effect can be observer while copying between ntfs and ext4 or btrfs - only in this case you can sometimes move mouse pointer a bit. I hope that using BFQ http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/ and some of systemd magic might help in this case. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1505957 Title: ntfs copy kills ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1505957/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
