No, nautilus doesn't run fsck on the disk. Could you try gnomevfs-ls on the disk, is it as slow as nautilus? Do you have files which are thumbnailed on the disk? Does it happen with a blank one?
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- [gutsy] long delay in nautilus on first access to vfat drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133567 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs