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Caspian

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Registered: 2007-05-22

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Samba file transfer not working in nautilus after Gnome upgrade

After the system was upgraded to new Gnome version (3.24.1) file transfer from nautilus is not working. The samba drive can be mounted successfully. but file transfer to samba drive always fails with "Network dropped connection on reset" error.
Transfer functions as expected from command line.
Anyone experiencing this?

Last edited by Caspian (2017-04-25 09:29:38)

jacouzy

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Registered: 2017-05-02

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Re: Samba file transfer not working in nautilus after Gnome upgrade

Hello
I have the same problem. I noticed that I could transfer files under 50KO...

Caspian

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Re: Samba file transfer not working in nautilus after Gnome upgrade

Yes, I can transfer small files as well, but anything bigger results in the error I mentioned in the first post. Still haven't found a fix for this. I'm using bash for the time being.

seth

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Re: Samba file transfer not working in nautilus after Gnome upgrade

Not using gnome, but is the remote FS mounted the same way in either case or is this a gvfs-smb ./. cifs issue?
If not, some gnome related settings reg. fast search indexing, zeitgeist or even just dir stats from nautilus (to show previews, icons w/ the proper type etc.) could be the cause.
Also check dmesg on whether there actually is a reset and compare your network devices (lspci/lsusb)

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Caspian

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Re: Samba file transfer not working in nautilus after Gnome upgrade

@seth:
sorry for a late reply, I was offline for a few days. I always mount the samba drive from nautilus. It's mounted as gvfs (mount folder is /run/user/<uid>/gvfs/...).
The mounting is not a problem, only file transfer is. It doesn't work under nautilus, but does from command line. It always worked flawlessly before upgrade to gnome 3.24.

seth

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Re: Samba file transfer not working in nautilus after Gnome upgrade

Any special in dmesg about this?
What kind of network connection is it (LAN/WAN/ethernet/wifi)?
Tried a cifs mount?

gvfs might set an "aggressive" TCP_KEEPIDLE, TCP_KEEPINTVL, TCP_KEEPCNT combo on the socket and some forth and back comm in nautilus (statting/reading header for filetype, trying to get a preview, zeitgeist mumbojumbo) might "knock out" the connection (ie. cause too much traffic on the physical layer, causing tcp to believe the connection was lost)

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Pranavg1890

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Registered: 2012-09-07

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Re: Samba file transfer not working in nautilus after Gnome upgrade

I am getting the same problem. Not just in Nautilus but also in other file managers like PCManFM, Deepin File Manager, Thunar, Caja. Seems some issue with gvfs-smb as it is used by all the file managers to mount the samba share. I am able to transfer a file successfully from my Android mobile, so the samba share is configured and working perfectly. Even "put" command in smbclient shell works fine. Anybody got some solution for this ?

Edit: I have filed the bug against gvfs here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784699

Last edited by Pranavg1890 (2017-07-08 17:03:26)

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Caspian

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Re: Samba file transfer not working in nautilus after Gnome upgrade

I just came back to gnome after a couple of months and this issue is still present. I saw that there are no comments or actions on bug Pranavg1890 posted.
If I mount the samba share in nautilus I can copy the files to it from terminal, but in nautilus I'm always getting the above mentioned error.
Does anyone have any insight in this?

Caspian

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Re: Samba file transfer not working in nautilus after Gnome upgrade

Sorry to bump this, but does anyone have the solution for this issue? I never managed to solve it or even find any specific suggestions.