I have never seen something like this. Does your files has any unusual character? Like dots, punctuation, *, +, etc..
You can try to copy using the command line too. Sometimes the file manager fails to copy because a character encoding problem, but it works with command line interface! Do you need some help to do this test? 2015-09-26 4:51 GMT-03:00 Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com>: > Hi Tom, > > ecryptfs indicates 'encrypted home' and > > /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-root indicates LVM partitions which are used > with 'encrypted disk'. > > You can get more details about the partitions and file systems from the > following command (make the terminal window wide enough for the long > lines in the output). > > sudo lsblk -fm > > Good luck > Nio > > Den 2015-09-26 kl. 09:33, skrev Tom Cloyd: > > Aere, > > > > First, that's a question I've never encountered before, and I really > > don't know what you're asking. But Google seems to, and one answer I got > > was to issue a *df -T* command to get filesystem information. > > > > So, here's the response I get on my *desk top*, with the USB HD > > (/media/tomc/data) mounted: > > > > tomc@LDT:/$ df -T > > Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted > on > > udev devtmpfs 1530592 0 1530592 0% /dev > > tmpfs tmpfs 309092 5256 303836 2% /run > > /dev/sda1 ext4 304448824 165895764 123064908 58% / > > tmpfs tmpfs 1545448 740 1544708 1% /dev/shm > > tmpfs tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock > > tmpfs tmpfs 1545448 0 1545448 0% > > /sys/fs/cgroup > > tmpfs tmpfs 309092 12 309080 1% > > /run/user/1000 > > /home/tomc/.Private ecryptfs 304448824 165895764 123064908 58% > /home/tomc > > /dev/sdb1 ext4 153704484 55642056 90231596 39% > > /media/tomc/data > > tomc@LDT:/$ > > > > And on my *netbook* (USB HD is not mounted): > > > > tomc@LT:~$ df -T > > Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% > > Mounted on > > udev devtmpfs 497380 0 497380 0% > /dev > > tmpfs tmpfs 101656 13328 88328 14% > /run > > /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-root ext4 152432756 28978632 115687904 21% / > > tmpfs tmpfs 508276 76 508200 1% > > /dev/shm > > tmpfs tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% > > /run/lock > > tmpfs tmpfs 508276 0 508276 0% > > /sys/fs/cgroup > > /dev/sda1 ext2 240972 72053 156478 32% > > /boot > > cgmfs tmpfs 100 0 100 0% > > /run/cgmanager/fs > > tmpfs tmpfs 101656 12 101644 1% > > /run/user/1000 > > tomc@LT:~$ > > > > Something I might mention which could have bearing. For professional > > reasons, I need to have at least my main personal account directory > > encrypted. So, I took the encryption option offered when installing > > Lubuntu (I had been running Kubuntu). But I didn't get the same response > > for both desktop and netbook. (Recall that with the netbook I am NOT > > having this filelength copy issue). > > > > I neglected to take notes, and cannot reliably recall, but on one of the > > installs I WAS able to encrypt the whole disk. On the other install, the > > installer refused to do that and would only let me encrypt /home. Can > > you tell, looking at the above, which machine has only /home encrypted? > > > > I hope this is the information you need. Thanks for your help. Much > > appreciated. > > > > Tom > > > > On 09/25/2015 09:17 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: > >> Tom: > >> > >> What type of file-system was originally copied to the USB hard-drive, > >> and what type of file-system are you copying it to? > >> > >> - Aere > >> > >> > >> On 09/25/2015 04:04 PM, Tom Cloyd wrote: > >>> I'm baffled by a problem which I'm having on my Lubuntu install > >>> [15.04] on my Dell Inspiron which is NOT occurring on my HP Mini 110 > >>> netbook. The OS installation on the HP netbook is identical to that > >>> on the Dell so far as I know. > >>> > >>> In trying to copy several large directories from a backup USB > >>> harddrive, I get a refusal to copy on the Dell due to a number > >>> (several hundred) of filenames' being too long. > >>> > >>> I NEED to complete this directory copy. Can anyone advise me as to > >>> how to resolve this problem? > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> Tom > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> > >>> Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers > >>> give birth to them, > >>> but...life obliges them over and over again to give birth to > themselves. > >>> > >>> ~ Gabriel García Márquez > >>> > >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA) > >>> Psychotherapist (psychological trauma, dissociative disorders) > >>> Spokane, Washington, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 > >>> << t...@tomcloyd.com <mailto:t...@tomcloyd.com> >> (email) > >>> << TomCloyd.com >> (website) > >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Sincerely, > >> Aere > > > > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give > > birth to them, > > but...life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves. > > > > ~ Gabriel García Márquez > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA) > > Psychotherapist (psychological trauma, dissociative disorders) > > Spokane, Washington, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 > > << t...@tomcloyd.com <mailto:t...@tomcloyd.com> >> (email) > > << TomCloyd.com >> (website) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >
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