I have this happen from time to time. Not sure why. I removed ~.loca /gvfsd-metadata content out of fear of corruption. Will see how it goes.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302393 Title: gvfsd-metadata freez and load IO Status in “gvfs” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Sometimes in a week I see blinking IO-indicator on my PC. Look iotop and see that gvfsd-metadata write something on disk while jbd2 load IO up to 100% Earlier I wait for some minutes than use killall gvfsd-metada. And now use killall immediately after see that my PC start work slowly and check iotop. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gvfs 1.19.90-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-20.42-generic 3.13.7 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Apr 4 17:33:39 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-20 (74 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140115) SourcePackage: gvfs UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1302393/+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