Bug #8809

Give user a warning when a device get input/output errors

Added by matsa 2015-01-27 15:00:11 . Updated 2015-01-29 10:54:50 .

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Rejected
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Normal
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2015-01-27
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Description

It seems like there is no warning when a device used in Tails (nor Debian) begins to collapse:
there are sometime warnings in /var/log/*log (“You should run fdisk”), but nothing appears to warn user that is time to backup and/or repair the filesystem.

I didn’t find anything in Debian about that.


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#1 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-27 18:52:50

We have quite often users with dying USB sticks on irc too, seems useful.

#2 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-27 18:52:58

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-28 16:56:39

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Duplicate

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-28 16:56:54

  • is duplicate of Feature #5856: Detect SquashFS errors (bad medium or optical drives) while Tails is running added

#5 Updated by matsa 2015-01-28 18:54:02

  • Status changed from Duplicate to New

The ticket Feature #5856 seems to concern only Tails devices.
The request here is also about devices accessed within Tails.
I reopen the ticket as “New”, please feel free to close it I misunderstood.

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-29 10:54:50

  • Status changed from New to Rejected

matsa wrote:
> The ticket Feature #5856 seems to concern only Tails devices.
> The request here is also about devices accessed within Tails.
> I reopen the ticket as “New”, please feel free to close it I misunderstood.

OK, got it. Then, it’s something that’s very, very far from our core mission, and should instead be reported upstream (in GNOME + udisks, I guess). I don’t think we should track all such “how GNOME could be improved in ways that have nothing to do with privacy or anonymity” ideas on our bug tracker, hence closing.

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-29 10:55:06

  • has duplicate deleted (Feature #5856: Detect SquashFS errors (bad medium or optical drives) while Tails is running)