This should only happen once: the first time you insert the drive. It might happen again if you unplug the disk before scanning is finished. After the first scan the results are cached and further connections should be fast again.
If you wish to prevent Mediascanner from scanning your external drive, place a file called .nomedia in the root dir of your drive and it won't be scanned. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mediascanner2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1398614 Title: mediascanner-service-2.0 using large amounts of CPU Status in mediascanner2 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Each time I plug my external USB hard disk the mediascanner-service process is activ and is using large amount of CPU for long minutes without interruption. I have the same problem in utopic and vivid ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: mediascanner2.0 0.105+15.04.20141030.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-25.33-generic 3.16.7 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Dec 3 00:29:43 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-05-26 (1286 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) SourcePackage: mediascanner2 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2013-11-26 (371 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mediascanner2/+bug/1398614/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
