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2013/3/15 Randolph Maaßen <r.maassen60@×××××.com> |
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> 2013/3/15 Francisco Ares <frares@×××××.com> |
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>> Hello. |
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>> During some months now, this machine was (and still is, sometimes) |
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>> suffering from a strange progressive lock down. It always has begun with |
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>> the web browser, passing to the whole X environment, and finally I could |
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>> not even use a console. |
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>> After several trial and error actions, as no log entry could give any |
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>> hint on what is going on, it seems that I found something consistent. |
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>> This machine is a dual-boot Linux/Windows, as my wife once in a while |
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>> needs to work on a Windows O.S. . The lock down starts when she saves a |
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>> file received by e-mail in a ntfs-3g mounted partition, so that file would |
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>> also be accessible whenever she uses Windows. |
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>> The reason why I suspect of ntfs-3g is that when the lock down starts, |
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>> that is, if only the web browser locks, just unmounting (and mounting back |
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>> later) that partition, recovers the web browser functionality. Sometimes, |
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>> when the lock down has already affected the whole graphic environment, but |
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>> I still may use a console, again unmounting that same partition also |
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>> unlocks everithing. |
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>> I have already tried to emerge ntfs-3g with different use flags, but the |
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>> problem persists. Even built a new kernel and re-emerged ntfs-3g after |
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>> that. Now ntfs-3g package is using its own "fuse". |
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>> I would really appreciate any hints on what to do or where to look for |
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>> any more information on this subject. Perhaps I am still looking at an |
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>> effect, and not the cause. |
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>> Thanks |
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>> Francisco |
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>> -- |
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>> "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you |
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>> and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have |
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>> one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." |
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>> - George Bernard Shaw |
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> Have you had a look at dmesg after lock / unlock? |
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> driver oriented problems should show up here |
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> -- |
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> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards |
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> Randolph Maaßen |
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Yes, I did, and nothing shows up. Looks like dmesg has also been affected. |
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Thanks |
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Francisco |
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