I give up. It is useless to point out errors in the Ubuntu Apps! It looks that the top priority is reducing the number of official registered bugs.
The Disk Usage Analyser (gnome-disk-utility) did not take into account a 20 GB VM-image that was stored in a very restricted root folder /var/lib/libvirt/images, which proofs the result of that program can be BS. It reported 10.3 GB of files store in the partition, while the real content of the partition was 30 GB, that is an error of 300%. Don't advise me to go to a support site, I already solved the problem myself and deleted that image file. I only tried to prevent that others run into the same issue of an incomplete size calculation by the gnome- disk-utility. Don't insult me by advising me to go to a support site, I worked in IT from 1969-2011 and I use Ubuntu since 2008. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Debcrafters packages, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2117362 Title: gnome-disk-utility produces incomplete data Status in gnome-disk-utility package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Yesterday, I had an issue with my Linux root file system. It had only 3 GB of 37 GB free, while the Disk Usage Analyzer told me there was only 10.3 GB of files stored in the partition. The AI told me it was incompatibility between the partition data and the file data inside the partition and none of the proposed AI remedies worked. So AI produced BS, because the program that checks and display file sizes the Disk Usage Analyser had an error, it did not take into account a 20 GB VM-image that was stored in a very restricted root folder /var/lib/libvirt/images. When I forced the delete of the image file the problem was solved. To find the issue, I had to manually check the size of all folders, so now I detected three bugs: 1. Why did I have to do that manual check, AI should have done it. 2. The Disk Usage Analyzer did not check the size of the restricted folder, probably because it had been denied access and that is another bug. If access is denied, you can't produce the correct result, you could be 20GB off! 3. Programs like virt-manager or boxes should never store the VM-Images in a restricted root folder. Final Thoughts of AI (DeepSeeK) :) Your experience exposes real flaws in both AI-assisted troubleshooting and Linux UX design. While AI can provide general guidance, it often lacks context-awareness (like knowing you’re a VM user). Meanwhile, Linux tools need better defaults and transparency around permissions. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: gnome-disk-utility 46.0-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-29.29~24.04.1-generic 6.11.11 Uname: Linux 6.11.0-29-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Jul 20 18:11:42 2025 InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-12-21 (578 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 23.10.1 "Mantic Minotaur" - Release amd64 (20231016.1) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/2117362/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~debcrafters-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~debcrafters-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
