I have had the same problem with a new install and fully updated 12.04 as of yestarday. I was using a OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SSD (with new firmware 1.4.1.3). I just ended up imaging the whole disk over to a normal HDD and its much better now.
Just as a few side notes, I was using it in a older HP desktop (5800 I think) that does not support AHCI, but it was a brand new SSD, never been used before, so it should of been running better then a HDD... especially this older 80GB one. I found everything seemed to "pause" for seconds before continuing. Just using unity was annoyingly slow. -- 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: Invalid 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
