Tried that a while ago, it made working with already open applications and playing music OK (it stopped stuttering while copying), but if I copy something large and want, for example, to start a terminal window, I can click on terminal icon, but the window won't be shown until copying is finished. I mean, how much disk activity is needed for opening terminal window?
I have 3 harddisks in my machine. Let's say that OS is on HD1. The same problem with starting terminal occurs even if I start copying from HD2 to HD3, so I guess it has nothing to do with HD speed and/or caching. And this is not only Nautilus problem (at least for me). Same thing happens if I copy/unpack from command line, or Double Commander (unpackig large archives does the same thing). Generally, every time some process has a lot of work with hard drive (it doesn't need to be an USB HD, that makes things just more sluggish), my computer is noticeably less usable until HD work is finished. I think that something is wrong with the way I/O operations are scheduled, as some processes can take all the machine's disk I/O resources for themselves, leaving absolutely nothing for others. -- 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/1208993 Title: Ubuntu slows down and hangs while copying file from/to USB Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi While copying many and large files to and from a USB drive, the system becomes incredibly slow and sometimes hangs. I watched the system monitor while it was running slowly but cpu was not above 50% at any time, the same for memory. I'm using the "WD my passport" HD with a USB3 port of my "ASUS K55VD" laptop. Description: Ubuntu 13.04 Release: 13.04 nautilus: Installed: 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu16 Candidate: 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu16 Version table: *** 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu16 0 500 http://ubuntu-archive.mirror.nucleus.be/ raring/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Steps to reproduce: 1) Aquire many large files (like your totally legit moviecollection) 2) Copy files to external HD 3) Open your browser and be sad when your system becomes incredibly slow after a few minutes This is my first bugreport so if I'm missing something, please tell me. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu16 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40-generic 3.8.13.4 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Aug 6 22:56:34 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'656x715+154+151'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'maximized' b'true' InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-31 (67 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1208993/+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
