This might be useful; By looking at server transfer logs it appears that the download succeeds. If I don't skip the file when the error message appears and allow it to finish downloading, the file is downloaded completely.
md5sum confirms this: me@localbox$md5sum ubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.iso b4191c1d1d6fdf358c154f8bf86b97dd ubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.iso me@server$md5sum ubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.iso b4191c1d1d6fdf358c154f8bf86b97dd ubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.iso -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1077477 Title: Downloading big file from FTP in Nautilus To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1077477/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs