On 9/6/25 10:10 PM, David wrote:
On Sat, 6 Sept 2025 at 20:37, Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca> wrote:On 9/6/25 8:36 AM, Frank McCormick wrote:[...]This problem only started about a week ago.Solved this today by using a rather big hammer. I purged all GVFS packages and that has solved this particular problem. GVFS is basically a Gnome solution to a Gnome problem. Purging doesn't seem to have affected anything else. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
For many years I've removed GVFS from my LXDE (ie not running Gnome) systems. That became my habit because it seemed to be holding files open, which prevents unmounting things. The only thing that I have noticed is that doing that seems to break thebuiltin Help in most Gnome programs.
Small price to pay as it's removal seems to have solved my problem. I'll have to check help items on other apps to see if there is any effect there.
-- Frank