Connecting to a ssh host with nautilus is very slow

[Victor Osadci]

Binary package hint: gvfs

All ssh related functionality is very slow with the new nautilus/gvfs.
Connecting in a local network to an Ubuntu 7.10 ssh server takes several seconds for any action, even selecting items. This works well, with no noticeable delay, from a 7.10 install.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. Does gvfs-ls has the same issue? Are copy slow too? Other users don't have reported a similar issue and several people commented that gvfs browsing was smoother

[Victor Osadci (victor-os)]

Seb, gvfs-ls works OK, only nautilus is slow for ssh mounts.

My setup, if it helps - dual boot 7.10 and 8.04, with shared home; connecting to another 7.10 install.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the bug might be due to something else installed slowing down nautilus. what action is slow exactly? could you try to uninstall file-roller, restart nautilus and tell us if the slowness is still there?

[Victor Osadci (victor-os)]

Seb, you are right; removing file-roller does fix things.

With file-roller installed actions like selecting directories, moving the selection with either the arrow keys or the mouse, opening directories, drag-and-drop, took about 3 seconds.

Is this a known bug ? Please let me know if I can help with more info or testing.

[Trey Ethridge (tethridge)]

I'm experiencing the slowness when using a clean install of hardy alpha 5 or alpha 6. To me this is a show stopper. I use it all the time on 7.10 and it's fast. It is basically unusable right now.

To duplicate, install a clean install of Hardy alpha 6. Then connect to another machine on the network using a uri like ssh://my_username@ssh-server. It takes 20 to 30 seconds to navigate directories even though I'm connecting to a local machine with a 100 Mb connection. Connecting to the same ssh-server with a gutsy install is fast.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Trey, suchs comments are not useful, what about reading the bug before commenting and trying to reply to questions there?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package file-roller - 2.22.0-0ubuntu2

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file-roller (2.22.0-0ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low

  * debian/control.in:
    - updated build requirements
  * debian/patches/80_from_bugzilla_dont_use_sync_calls.patch:
    - change from bugzilla, don't use sync calls and slow down nautilus
      (lp: #201939)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:35:15 +0100

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the bug is not a nautilus one