the last comment in the upstream bug worked for me. I disabled accessibility in System->prefs->accessibilty and now its fast again
-- listing a large folder very slow on vfat partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/66249 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
