Description of problem:The entire contents of a file system are invisible to a graphical window. Details: Started M6, logged on as user, su root in a terminal, started my various encrypted disks. As graphical user, went to /mnt/crypt1, only to find it completely empty, 0 files, 657 Gb free of a 10Gb disk. _All_ my critical stuff was there (last backed up couple of days ago...) ?! Heart-stopping stuff. umount /mnt/crypt1 fsck /dev/mapper/cryptvol1 - clean fsck -f /dev/mapper/cryptvol1 - clean remounted it. in a terminal: ls /mnt/crypt1: shows the files all there. xfce graphical window looking at /mnt/crypt1: 0 files, 657Gb free. Explanation: Over in workspace 4 was a window showing an empty /mnt/crypt1, I guess regenerated from whatever window I had open there when shutting down last time. It would have repopulated itself with whatever it found in /mnt/crypt1 as it opened - i.e. zero files, as I hadn't yet mounted the encrypted partition on /mnt/crypt1. The existence of this window showing zero files prevents a later window opened in e.g. workspace1 from displaying the contents which now exist on /mnt/crypt1 after the encrypted partition is mounted there. Confirmed, completely reproducible by opening a window in workspace4 on the then-empty /mnt/crypt1 on initial login, then going to workspace1 (or presumably any other window), mounting the encrypted partition, but being unable to see its contents in a window. Tony p.s. my encrypted mount command - probably not relevant to the problem: # cat mountcrypt1 modprobe dm-mod /usr/local/bin/cryptsetup.sh -c aes -h ripemd160 -y -b `blockdev --getsize /dev/sda1` create cryptvol1 /dev/sda1 mount /dev/mapper/cryptvol1 /mnt/crypt1 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: every time, as above. Steps to Reproduce: See above. 1. 2. 3.
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I'll confirm the bug in a VirtualBox guest. No problem on real hardware.
CC: (none) => bittwister2
(In reply to Tony Blackwell from comment #1) > xfce Assigning to wally, then. I can't try to reproduce in cauldron here, because I need my encrypted partition to be mounted before i do graphically log in. You don't have any files from your /home directory that Xfce needs on your encrypted partition?
CC: (none) => marja11Assignee: bugsquad => jani.valimaa
No, /home is on the unencrypted disk. Everything on /mnt/crypt1 is outside the basic account needs. Tony
A lot of water under the bridge since I reported this, and not stumbled over it recently. I'll mark it as resolved. Tony
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED