Nautilus don't refresh

[Peter Åberg]

Nautilus do not automatically update altered file- and folder status (eg. cut pasted away files) without user performing a manual refresh on the partition (or folder) in question. This problem concerns NFS mounted folders but also to a rather considerable extenth my (only) additional local partition (/media/Local), where some actions (eg. cut/paste) also requires a manual refresh.

Changes made in home folder refreshes automatically without any further user intervention.

NFS Trash has disappeared: I don't know if this behavior is in any way related to the afore mentioned, but moving files to Trash from NFS mounted partitions, results in a dialog promting that the files will be permnently deleted - which they in fact are, if you click OK.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-31.52~precise1-generic 3.5.7.11
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 28 18:49:42 2013
GsettingsChanges:
 org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '771x1007+42+24'
 org.gnome.nautilus.window-state start-with-status-bar true
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.xdg.autostart.nautilus.autostart.desktop: 2013-05-28T16:19:03.462537

[Peter Åberg (peter-aberg)]

To my great pleasure I can inform that all the bugs mentioned in my report are solved to perfection. Thank you!

[Peter Åberg (peter-aberg)]

Sorry, the refresh problem with cut/paste still persists.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Peter Åberg (peter-aberg)]

I stumbled on a fix and increased the systems inotyfy watches by entering the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf: fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 262144 .
I believe the default value is about 8000, and the above mentioned increase, with a slim increase in memory usage, cured all problems. The maintainer, Mr. Seabastian Bacher's advice to post this bug upstream (Gnome) is appreciated, but for time being I will not do so as this appears to be a kernel issue, after all.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Is that still an issue in current versions? If suich could you describe the exact step you takr to trigger the problem?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for nautilus (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]