Nautilus hangs when accessing CIFS share

Fri Dec 23 21:43:34 UTC 2016

On Fri, 2016-12-23 at 11:38 -0800, rikona wrote:
> or may take several clicks to go through. I end up trying to use the
> "instant" drag/drop workaround a lot. It works about 75% of the time;
> 25% of the time it was a tiny bit too long and it tries to open. Is
> there any way to increase how long before Nautilus tries to open? If
> increased, that could make this a useful option.

By the way: You are not alone!

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1301083

Maybe your best bet would be to investigate a few other file managers.
There are lots - Midnight Commander is very popular, and very stable.

Regards, K.

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