nautilus shows the files with wrong calculated size

[Osama abu kmail]

i noticed that nautilus on Ubuntu 11.10 show all files with wrong calculated size

for example
when i have the ISO file of Ubuntu Server AMD64 , the real size is 682MB , but nautilus shows the file with 715MB , so i opened the properties and saw the bytes 715,436,032 bytes , so divide it on 1024 twice so you get the 682MB , so nautilus calculated wrong !!!

and the same with all files

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 15 20:40:46 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

Sorry, these days Nautilus uses MB=10^6 bytes, not 2^20 - see discussion:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1416642&page=1

[Webceo (webceo123)]

That is very confusing and problematic in work environments where reporting the "real" size of files is important.
Is there a way to revert this behavior for individual users/computers ?

Thanks.

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

I agree, however I'm not aware of a way of changing it - may be ask in some of the gnome channels/forums etc

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

what you get now is the real size, 1kb = 1000 bytes, it's a SI unit, 1kbi = 1024 bytes so your iso is 715MB or 682MBi, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix

[JudgeDredd (hcabanasg)]

I think that the problem here is that Nautilus stills shows "MiB" instead of "MB"

[A C (alwayslooking20)]

Here's a screenshot of what mine is doing.

[Goyo (goyodiaz)]

It seems like Nautilus used binary units (MiB) before but switched to decimal units (MB) in Oneiric. Some translations (e.g. spanish) still use MiB though, so the number and the units do not match in the translated nautilus. So not a nautilus bug but a translation one.

[almursi (haqqshahid)]

Screenshots about this translatios bug on:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-pack-gnome-es/+bug/889966

[Damir Butmir (d4m1r2)]

This is an issue for as well. Nautilus showing the size of a video file as 730mb when I know it to be 700mb.

Linux Damir-Ubuntu 3.0.0-16-generic-pae #28-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 27 19:24:01 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

[Alexandre Magno (alexandre-mbm)]

I propose to be created gconf configuration options. See: "<a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/7882/can-the-nautilus-properties-page-show-size-in-bytes-for-multiple-selects-and-fo">Can the Nautilus Properties page show size in bytes for multiple-selects, and for directories?</a>"

[rasitha (reptilezone2002)]

well im using ubuntu 12.04 & its still there i meen its just stupid in the real world this is wrong .. well a CD doesnt say 730MB or something is satys 700MB .. so just stupid & why did they changed it in the first place ..... is there a workaround to this .. now im thinking will this get carried to ubuntu 12.10 ..

[TESFox (i-tim-r)]

I agree with #13, if we make it a configuration option (maybe even a hidden one) we can adhere to the units policy and still keep power users such as myself happy.