What's the output of $ dpkg -l | grep nautilus? The log has some problems
* 'gvfs-afc-volume-monitor[45878]: /usr/libexec/gvfs-afc-volume-monitor: error while loading shared libraries: libusbmuxd.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory' the error there suggests you probably have an incompatible custom installation of libraries in /usr/local , could you provide the output of $ ls -R /usr/local you might want to remove your custom version, it's taking over the Ubuntu one and could create issues (it does already according to this error) * org.gnome.Nautilus[45870]: RuntimeError: object at 0x7f942347c960 of type ColumnExtension is not initialized that suggests a problem with python3-nautilus (or python-nautilus), could you try removing those if they are installed and see if that makes a difference? * do you get the same delay issue if you use $ gio list <directory>? -- 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/1886021 Title: Nautilus slow after upgrade 20.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1886021/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
