It's a feature, not a bug :-) Scp auto-completion actually contacts the remote host to find paths on it. If you have password-less SSH authentication, this works well. If not, it takes a few seconds anyway to contact the host and fail the authentication. Rejecting.
** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Rejected -- Dapper Bash auto complete freezes console https://launchpad.net/bugs/66359 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs