I've been running Ubuntu for about 7 months now, and currently have 12.10 running on a Dell Precision M90. I am experiencing this problem with my NAS. The files copied fine but when I try to read or copy the other way (to my computer from the NAS) with large directories the Nautilus hangs.
Can someone give me step by step instructions on how to follow through on this fix? It is not entirely clear to me how to do this. One thing I should mention, I've only been into the command line a few times, so I'm pretty new to the Linux world. -- 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/1075923 Title: nautilus hangs copying large directories from a samba share Status in GVFS: Fix Released Status in “gvfs” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “gvfs” source package in Precise: In Progress Status in “gvfs” source package in Raring: Fix Committed Bug description: Impact: copies from/to samba share often end up hanging Test case: - visit a smb location in nautilus - copies data from/to it (some non trivial directories makes the issues easier to trigger) - the copy should complete without hanging Regression potentiel: Check that nautilus is still working correctly and than you don't have issues copying data from/to remote locations --- Problem ======= Copying files to and from samba shares (this includes Windows shares) is unreliable in Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.04 when using nautilus' integrated samba client (gvfs-smb): The copy randomly hangs after a few files or a few GB. Workaround ========== Until gvfs-smb is fixed, use the kernel samba client (cifs) that works reliably, is faster, but needs some terminal commands to get going: # sudo -s # mkdir /mnt/cifs # mount -t cifs -o user=YOUR_SAMBA_USER -o uid=YOUR_LINUX_USER "//SAMBA_SERVER/SAMBA_SHARE" /mnt/cifs It will ask for you password, you can then access the shared files at /mnt/cifs. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gvfs/+bug/1075923/+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
