Bug#726454: gnome-shell: Reads files on (gvfs-show) mountpoints after unlock

Julian Andres Klode jak at debian.org
Wed Oct 16 14:16:00 UTC 2013


On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 01:35:33PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 16.10.2013 13:19, schrieb Julian Andres Klode:
> > Just for the public record: The process doing this is
> > /usr/lib/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-hotplug-sniffer
> > 
> > It seems to recursively scan the mime types on the device, AFAICT.
> 
> This is a D-Bus activated service.
> You can kill that service and run it via
> HOTPLUG_SNIFFER_DEBUG=true /usr/lib/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-hotplug-sniffer
> if you want to see a more verbose output of that process

No need to kill it, it does not get stuck; it exists normally after running
for 1.5 seconds after the unlock. If I run it manually in debugging mode, I
see that it scans my mounted devices after unlock.

> 
> Afaics, this process is triggered by the autorun manager in gnome-shell.
> (js/ui/components/autorunManager.js).
> 
> For completeness sake, could you attach the output of
> $ gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.desktop.media-handling

org.gnome.desktop.media-handling automount true
org.gnome.desktop.media-handling automount-open true
org.gnome.desktop.media-handling autorun-never false
org.gnome.desktop.media-handling autorun-x-content-ignore @as []
org.gnome.desktop.media-handling autorun-x-content-open-folder @as []
org.gnome.desktop.media-handling autorun-x-content-start-app ['x-content/unix-software']

> 
> Usually, gnome-shell-hotplug-sniffer should be activated when removable
> media is plugged in, it then searches for autorun files and quits itself
> after a timeout.
> 
> It seems to somehow gets stuck on your system. As said, maybe running it
> in debug mode will give more info.
> 

It definitely quits.

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Julian Andres Klode  - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member

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