I reopen this. I just installed an SSD on my old laptop, which was still lying around. Nautilus is on that one much faster than my newer HP. Lot of CPU... something is killing it. Let me try to make new, clean user and see what happens.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001578 Title: Nautilus on SSD is slower than on external HDD Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: With a fresh 12.04 install on a HP DM4 laptop, on a brandnew Intel SSD, with fstab changes, Nautilus is slower than on my HDD before. Other than Nautilus all loading is much faster. To me it seems a problem in Nautilus. Switching off preview & side pane (F9) helps... but on the HDD I did not have to do that. Strange: even an external HDD connected with USB 2.0 is faster with nautilus ! --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: tom 2168 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xb4400000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI' Components : 'HDA:111d7605,103c146a,00100402 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000' Controls : 23 Simple ctrls : 11 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC NonfreeKernelModules: wl Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=14aaeb3b-189a-41a6-8505-3996d4e3a0f5 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-24-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-24-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: mei Tags: precise staging precise staging Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-09 (10 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare WifiSyslog: dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.17 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 146A dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 58.23 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU04213BV dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.17:bd09/07/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondm4NotebookPC:pvr058B110000242B10000020100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn146A:rvr58.23:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 058B110000242B10000020100 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1001578/+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