I am running Mint 17.3 on an ASUS N550JX, am also having this issue. But the fix noted above did not resolve my problem.
_________________________________ vm.dirty_background_ratio = 5 vm.dirty_ratio = 10 in /etc/sysctl.conf and running sysctl -p _________________________________ Is there any other information regarding this issue? I see this issue when trying to transfer 10GB+ QEMU images. -- 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/1208993 Title: Ubuntu slows down and hangs while copying file from/to USB To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1208993/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs