Thanks again for taking the time. It's difficult to say exactly the number at which it occurs because there's a point at which the normal time to copy a small number of files crosses the point where it is no longer normal to copy lots of small files. I can say that I've never _noticed_ it with less than 50 files, but then again - even if it happened with less than 50 files the delay may have been small enough where I didn't realize the issue happened. I've definitely noticed it with as few as 50 files. I did some testing with 20 and 40 files this morning but didn't notice any issue.
This definitely has not occurred in Ubuntu 14.04 using Nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu8 and previous versions (all the way back to launch). It definitely never happened with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS or 7.04 LTS and any version of Nautilus included in their stable releases. I'm almost certain it never happened with Linux Mint 17 and Linux Mint 17 MATE, but I can't say that for certain as I abandoned those distros pretty quickly after finding it did not meet my needs. I don't recall which version of Caja originally shipped with Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS, but I installed MATE 16.04 LTS on launch day and keep my packages updated at least weekly, and this issue has been present in all versions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1133477 Title: cut-n-paste move files got stuck forever Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in pcmanfm package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: With Nautilus, I navigated to a folder that contained about 2,000 gif files. I selected all of them I cut with Ctrl+X I navigated to another folder I pasted with Ctrl+V => A popup window appeared saying "Preparing to move N files", and it got stuck there forever. Nautilus stopped responding. I waited half an hour, then I had to kill it. Actually some of the files were moved. Which is the worst thing that could happen. I tried again with the remaining files and it happened again!! It's systematic!!!!!! I suspect it has to do with displaying the previews of a big number of files. Nautilus becomes completely unmanageable whenever you open folders with lots of files. Maximum priority should be given to the UI and actual operations; displaying of the previews should be done in the background and should never, ever slow down user operations the slightest bit. Seems pretty obvious. Also note that 2000 is not even that much. Actually it's very few files. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.5.90.really.3.4.2-0ubuntu4.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-25.38-generic 3.5.7.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-25-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Feb 26 18:23:52 2013 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1312x713+64+71'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'180' b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'start-with-status-bar' b'true' InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-06-23 (979 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2013-01-13 (44 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1133477/+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
