Re: Dolphin in Trixie: Spamming syslog with every file operation

Salvo Tomaselli <[email protected]> Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:22:28 +0100
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Hello.

No it's quite normal to be slow to copy many small files. It's how most
filesystems are implemented.

A million log entries aren't that much effort for a regular disk.

Best

Salvo Tomaselli

I difensori della morale tradizionale sono raramente persone di cuore. Si =
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tentati di pensare che essi si servano della morale come di legittimo sfogo
al loro desiderio di fare del male agli altri.
               -- Bertrand Russell, Perch=C3=A9 non sono cristiano. 1957

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Il Mar 6 Gen 2026, 13:37 Miguel A. Vallejo <[email protected]> ha scritto:

> Hello
>
> Today I noticed Dophin spams syslog with useless information every time a
> file is copied, moved or deleted. For example, I have MILLIONS (no joke) =
of
> lines like this in syslog:
>
> ene 06 13:28:35 waterhole plasmashell[1495]: kf.kio.workers.file: copy()
> QUrl("file:///medi
> a/eoz/Seagate/Images/img_07531.jpg") to QUrl("file:///home/eoz/Escritorio=
/
> Images/img_07531.jpg") mode=3D 493
>
> I'm also suspecting this is the reason Dolphin is so slow copying a lot o=
f
> small files... so How can I stop Dolphin to log every file operation?
>
> Thanks in advance
>

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auto">No it&#39;s quite normal to be slow to copy many small files. It&#39;=
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Salvo Tomaselli<br><br>






<span style=3D"font-family:monospace"><span style=3D"color:#000000;backgrou=
nd-color:#ffffff">I difensori della morale tradizionale sono raramente pers=
one di cuore. Si =C3=A8</span><span style=3D"color:#000000;background-color=
:#ffffff">
</span><br><span style=3D"color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff">tentati d=
i pensare che essi si servano della morale come di legittimo sfogo</span><s=
pan style=3D"color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff">
</span><br><span style=3D"color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff">al loro d=
esiderio di fare del male agli altri.</span><span style=3D"color:#000000;ba=
ckground-color:#ffffff">
</span><br> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0<span style=3D"color:#000000;background-color:#f=
fffff">-- Bertrand Russell, Perch=C3=A9 non sono cristiano. 1957</span><br>=
<span style=3D"color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff">
</span><br></span>


      <a rel=3D"nofollow me" href=3D"http://ltworf.github.io/" target=3D"_b=
lank">http://ltworf.github.io/</a></div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">Il Mar =
6 Gen 2026, 13:37 Miguel A. Vallejo &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"=
>[email protected]</a>&gt; ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,2=
04);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=
=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-famil=
y:monospace"><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hello</span></span></div><div=
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all"><span style=3D"font-family:monospace"><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"=
><br></span></span></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:=
arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:monospace"><sp=
an style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">Today I noticed Dophin=C2=A0spams=C2=A0syslog=
 with useless information every time a file is copied, moved or deleted. Fo=
r example, I have MILLIONS (no joke) of lines like this in syslog:</span></=
span></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-ser=
if;font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:monospace"><span style=3D"co=
lor:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></span></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=
=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-famil=
y:monospace"><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">ene 06 13:28:35 waterhole pla=
smashell[1495]: kf.kio.workers.file: copy() QUrl(&quot;file:///medi</span><=
br>a/eoz/Seagate/Images/img_07531.jpg&quot;) to QUrl(&quot;file:///home/eoz=
/Escritorio/</span><span style=3D"font-family:monospace">Images/img_07531.j=
pg</span><span style=3D"font-family:monospace">&quot;) mode=3D 493<br><br>I=
&#39;m also suspecting this is the reason Dolphin is so slow copying a lot =
of small files... so How can I stop Dolphin=C2=A0to log every file operatio=
n?=C2=A0<br><br>Thanks=C2=A0in advance</span></div></div>
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