The transfer progress indication is suboptimal

[Alex]

When I move files to an external device the progress bar is almost useless.

Example:
1) I begin to move two files (1 GB each) to an SD card.
2) Progress bar is moving at over 100 MB/s until it reaches 1 GB.
3) It's 1 GB for some time before it moves quickly to 2 GB and remains there for some time before the transfer is complete.

The problem is, as I understand it, the file is sent to a cache and that is the action shown. This is quite wrong as the progress bar is there to provide information about how much time/data there is left until the action is complete.

I am running an updated version of 11.10.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 30 23:27:35 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

seems similar to bug #30640