This is most probably caused by this upstream issue: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757747
These patches to gvfs should greatly reduce the problem: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gvfs/commit/?id=0e001c9 https://git.gnome.org/browse/gvfs/commit/?id=fe33512 https://git.gnome.org/browse/gvfs/commit/?id=1224147 https://git.gnome.org/browse/gvfs/commit/?id=57acc80 As I understand, gvfs >1.30.3 should include these patches, so Ubuntu Zesty 17.04 should suffer much less from this issue. Can someone verify this? There are several similar bug reports that may be duplicates: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/388595 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1208993 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #757747 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757747 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1133477 Title: cut-n-paste move files got stuck forever To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/caja/+bug/1133477/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs