nautilus sftp transfer very slow

[Eric Anopolsky]

Transferring files via sftp using nautilus is very slow.

Example scenario:
1. Navigate to sftp://myserver.local/directory/ on my laptop.
2. Drag "BigFile.dat" to the desktop.
3. Watch as the file transfers at 1.4MB/s
4. Abort the transfer.
5. Open a terminal.
6. $ scp myserver.local:/directory/BigFile.dat ~/Desktop/
7. Watch as the file transfers at 2.6MB/s

Source package: Unknown
Release: Ubuntu 8.10
Package Version: Unknown

[Jacob Peddicord (jpeddicord)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in gvfs.
For future reference you might be interested to know that a lot of applications have bug reporting functionality built in to them. This can be accessed via the Report a Problem option in the Help menu for the application with which you are having an issue. You can learn more about this feature at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.