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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: qtparted: application hangs if /dev/fd0 is present but there is no floppy drive
- From: Norman Ramsey <nr@eecs.harvard.edu>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:13:33 -0500
- Message-id: <20070116061333.11605.79714.reportbug@localhost.localdomain>
Package: qtparted
Version: 0.4.5-2
Severity: important
I have a 'modern' machine with no 3.5-inch floppy drive.
For some reason though, my /dev includes a /dev/fd0.
As a result, when I launch qtparted, it hangs trying to mess with /dev/fd0.
Here's a sample from /var/log/kern.log:
Jan 16 00:57:08 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
Jan 16 00:57:20 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jan 16 00:57:20 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
Jan 16 00:57:32 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jan 16 00:57:32 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
Jan 16 00:57:44 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jan 16 00:57:44 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
Jan 16 00:57:57 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jan 16 00:57:57 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
Jan 16 00:59:59 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jan 16 01:00:23 localhost last message repeated 2 times
Jan 16 01:00:48 localhost last message repeated 2 times
Jan 16 01:00:48 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
Jan 16 01:01:00 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jan 16 01:01:00 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
Jan 16 01:01:12 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jan 16 01:01:12 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
Jan 16 01:01:24 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jan 16 01:01:24 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
Jan 16 01:01:36 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jan 16 01:01:36 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
This is probably a problem in some underlying library as gparted shows similar behavior.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages qtparted depends on:
ii gksu 2.0.0-1 graphical frontend to su
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-19 GCC support library
ii libice6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libparte 1.7.1-3 The GNU Parted disk partitioning s
ii libpng12 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libqt3-m 3:3.3.7-2 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library
ii libstdc+ 4.1.1-19 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libuuid1 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-1 universally unique id library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-4 X11 client-side library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages qtparted recommends:
ii e2fsprog 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-1 ext2 file system utilities and lib
ii jfsutils 1.1.11-1 utilities for managing the JFS fil
ii ntfsprog 1.13.1-4 tools for doing neat things in NTF
ii parted 1.7.1-3 The GNU Parted disk partition resi
ii xfsprogs 2.8.11-1 Utilities for managing the XFS fil
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