Thunar slow to open share on desktop but not on laptop [Solved]

[nraygun]

Try running the same kernel version on both machines. You may have to install it and reboot. Select it from the Advanced options on the MX Grub boot menu.

For some time the SMB function has been a part of the Kernel and less so of the smbd stand-alone service.

My desktop is using the AHS kernel and the laptop is using the non-AHS one. Not sure how to get the non-AHS kernel on my desktop.
But I did try the last kernel it had in Boot Options, 6.5, and the problem is still there.

I gave 6.1 a try - still has the slowness.

[CharlesV]

maybe a qsi for the laptop ?

[nraygun]

maybe a qsi for the laptop ?

Here you go. Thanks again for the help.

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Snapshot created on: 20241115_1400
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-30-amd64 [6.1.124-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-30-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash ipv6.disable=1
    init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_x64 Libretto November 15  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 13 9305 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 05MPW9 v: A02 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.26.1
    date: 11/15/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.0 Wh (83.2%) condition: 48.1/52.0 Wh (92.5%) volts: 8.2 min: 7.6
    model: LGC-LGC6.73 DELL H754V79 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i3-1115G4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11
    level: v4 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0xB8
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 160 KiB
    desc: d-2x48 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 2.5 MiB desc: 2x1.2 MiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 795 high: 1341 min/max: 400/4100 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 1341 2: 400 3: 400 4: 1039 bogomips: 23961
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW loop
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP GT2 [UHD Graphics G4] vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3,
    HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a78 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-3:3
    chip-ID: 0c45:6723 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: intel
    dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 model: AU Optronics 0x5b2d built: 2018 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
    dpi: 168 gamma: 1.2 size: 290x160mm (11.42x6.3") diag: 335mm (13.2") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-30-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 vendor: Rivet Networks driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: a5:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: tailscale0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: full mac: N/A
  IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
    sub-v: 200f hci-v: 5.2 rev: 200f
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 30.94 GiB (6.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: KIOXIA model: KXG60ZNV512G NVMe 512GB
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 10604107 temp: 20.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 280.52 GiB size: 275.05 GiB (98.05%) used: 30.62 GiB (11.1%) fs: ext4
    block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0
    mapped: luks-<filter>
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1000 MiB size: 965.9 MiB (96.59%) used: 279.3 MiB (28.9%) fs: ext4
    block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%) used: 43.5 MiB (45.3%) fs: vfat
    block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 1 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 26.0 C mobo: 19.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2415 libs: 1250 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/tailscale-archive-keyring.gpg] https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian bookworm main
Info:
  Processes: 305 Uptime: 9h 45m wakeups: 1053 Memory: 7.49 GiB used: 1.73 GiB (23.1%) Init: systemd
  v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

[CharlesV]

Interesting... and the laptop is roughly 1/3 as fast as the desktop (in cpu ) ...

so... are you booting in Sysvinit when you boot from the snapshot ?

Do you see any difference when you boot sysvinit ?

This sounds to me like your network wire is slow or attempting to do something in networking. Same DNS for both machines?

"Same networking" (other than wifi vs wired ? ( ip mask, gateway, dns etc )?

[nraygun]

I think I got it.

In this file:

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/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/smb-browse.mount

I changed this line from this:

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Type=smb-network;smb-server

To this:

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Type=smb-server

And the problem went away! It even survived over night. This morning, the pictures share still opens quickly on the desktop like the laptop.

Now, does anyone know why this worked?

[nraygun]

Oh, FFS! I'm so sorry folks!
I could have just not reported this, but feel obligated given the amount of support I got.

As it turns out, the problem was not configuration nor network related.

In Thunar, if I use icon view, everything is fast. If I use list view, it's slow. Of course, right? It's probably populating more meta data in the list view but not in the icon view.

I'm a dope.

Sorry again folks!

[CharlesV]

Hey no worries, tracking down "issues" can be not only time consuming but it can lead into many different places!

Glad you found it.

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