Re: GWorkspace: icons shown on the Desktop even without any plugged device

Hi Riccardo,

On 2025-10-28 13:20:28 +0100 Riccardo Mottola 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> 
(...)
> 
>> When an icon disk is really associated with a plugged and mounted 
>> disk, 
>> yes, the icon disappear after DND on the Recycler.
> 
>> But if it is a "ghost" icon (the disk is not really plugged nor 
>> mounted) 
>> the DND fails (icon forbidden on the Recycler). The only way to 
>> remove fake 
>> icons is then to log out and log in again.
> 
> 
> I tested and retested and couldn't reproduce this.
> 
> I want to understand if these "ghost disks" exst or not and what 
> happens. The 
> system things they are mounted perhaps.
> Do you have an automounter or similar?

Before You asked, I tought I did not, but as I searched in the 
installed packages list, I found "udisks2" and its libraries was 
installed, so I guess this is a dependency side effect, but not in the 
list I was aware when building AGNoStep Desktop.

> 
> First, without "checking". In the ghost disk status.
> 
> Open a Terminal or shell.
> 
> Check the content of /etc/mtab. Does it show /mnt/CRUCIAL ?

The disk CRUCIAL is not plugged.

patrick@pi400:~ $ cat /etc/mtab | grep -e "/mnt/CRUCIAL"
patrick@pi400:~ $ echo $?
1

> If you do ls /mnt/CRUCIAL ? does it show contents or not? if you 
> execute it 
> twice and wait a couple of seconds in between?
> If it shows at the second time, recheck mtab

ls did not show anything.

> 
> Use the file browser to go to /mnt/CRUCIAL
> 
> Does it show empty or content?
It is empty.

> 
> 
> If you mount the disk by "check disks" does it show then min mtab? Or 
> does it 
> show in a different way than before it is was there before?

Plugging the CRUCIAL disk.
Shortcut #E
The two disks icons (CRUCIAL and CLEPAT) are shown on the Desktop.

patrick@pi400:~ $ cat /etc/mtab | grep -e "/mnt/"
/dev/sda1 /mnt/CRUCIAL ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0

So /etc/mtab has a new line about the disk plugged.
Nothing related to the ghost CLEPAT

> And if you unmount it and disappears, what does mtab then show?

Unmount CRUCIAL by DND on the Recycler Icon.
Then:
patrick@pi400:~ $ cat /etc/mtab | grep -e "/mnt/"
patrick@pi400:~ $ echo $?
1

Now, only the ghost CLEPAT remains on the Desktop.


Patrick

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