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Nemo reporting false file transfer progress for USBsΒ #3677

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Description

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Distribution

Mint 22.2

Package version

nemo 6.4.5

Frequency

Always

Bug description

When copying very large files likes ISOs to a USB progress may not be properly reported depending on the user's available RAM.

Usually one fix is to change the dirty_bytes values:

echo $((32*1024*1024)) >/proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_bytes  
echo $((1024*1024*1024)) >/proc/sys/vm/dirty_bytes

It would be good if nemo handles this visually properly.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Get a big enough USB to hold a large .iso file.
  2. Open nemo.
  3. Copy your .iso file from your computer to the USB.
  4. Observe copying progress.

Expected behavior

Nemo reports progress properly.

Additional information

Reference discussions from here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1117832/copying-files-from-pc-to-pendrive-gets-stuck-at-the-end-on-ubuntu-16-04

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