Natty is Ubuntu 11.04 ? If I use that I am still using Gnome? I had run Natty with the test ISO and Virtual Box, although it is very slow, and it doesn't mount the drive.
I am now pretty sure that the problem is corruption on the gnome virtual filesystem metadata that causes this, and that is caused by user error. Clearing the cache when the drive isn't in use fixes the problem. It is relatively easy to corrupt the data. One has to delete a dir before the file operation has returned from a move of the files into another place. I think this situation is caused because the device is very slow on some requests. I understand that detailed product support is a can of worms. I would say my disk is not supported, but still there may be a way to protect the metadata in software, such as a system of one or more locks that prevent corruption. When the drive begins to get sluggish I run the following script. rm -rf ~/.local/share/gvfs-metadata pkill gvfsd-metadata Since I have no documentation of what is written into that metadata binary data file, I am assuming it is a structure in C or an object instance in C++, I cannot troubleshoot what I believe to be corruption that hangs nautalus. If i resort to shell commands on the drive, I do not experience the delays. Since I want the features of the FM, I clear the cache with the above commands. If you want troubleshooting of the metadata I need a utility that can run diagnostics on it. If such a tool exists, I haven't found it. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Pedro Villavicencio <pe...@ubuntu.com>wrote: > thanks for the report, could you please test with natty? thanks in > advance. > > ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/715604 > > Title: > FM took 10 min to mv 1.0 GB, contention on drive > > Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: nautilus > > Just copied a 1 GB dir from boot drive, fs ext3 type to USB 1.5 TB My > Book from Western Digital with NTFS fs. > > This operation took 10 minutes, and I could tell that there was > contention on the drive while this was happening. > > There is another bug by me which is similar and because I have tested both > with other file managers and the shell and > an earlier version of this FM on U 9.04, and since I began seeing degraded > performance on this drive after recommended > upgrades on Jan 20, 2011, I think it is a problem with the current release > and was not a problem from U 10.10 installed > of the DVD. > > Not only do I want to report this as a bug, but I want to remove nautilis > 2.32.0 and install a down rev version, possibly > the one which was first shipped with U 10.10 provided the kernel does not > conflict. > > Further, I do not think this is a kernel or driver problem since other > file managers and file viewers do not see the performance > hit. > > 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 i686 > Architecture: i386 > Date: Tue Feb 8 22:07:03 2011 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: nautilus > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/715604/+subscribe > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/715604 Title: FM took 10 min to mv 1.0 GB, contention on drive -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
