I'm not sure the mechanism, but I can assure you that on next boot-up the system typically does actually report file system corruption. Though so far I have not lost any data that I know of.
The problem does still occur if the user waits patiently for the time-out. Tim Josling On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Simeon Bird <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. See also KDE bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303287 > > "File system corruption" is a little extreme though - from the bug report it > seems that the user was just impatient and hit reset before the drive > unmounted. It may still be a real bug needing fixing though. I asked > something in the launchpad. > > > On 11 February 2013 17:15, Tim Josling <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Just to let you know that the word is out that to prevent file system >> corruption in Ubuntu, you need to turn off nepomuk. See below. The >> problem is triggered if you use Kalarm, even if you shut Kalarm down, >> nepomuk stays alive and seems to prevent file systems from being >> unmounted on shutdown. >> >> Thought you guys might be interested. >> >> Tim Josling >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Nelly <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:32 PM >> Subject: [Bug 1053783] Re: Ubuntu 12.04 - Stalled shutdown after >> having had KAlarm opened; with package info. >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> I also have this bug. >> I use KAlarm and my computer with Ubuntu 12.04 (Gnome desktop) took >> several minutes to shutdown. >> >> Link http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1764048 gave me the hint >> how to solve this problem. This link contains methods to prevent te >> starting up of nepomuk and akonadi in 3 steps. >> If you don't want to use KAlarm, it might be safe to apply all three >> steps. However, doing so, KAlarm could not be used. It asked to >> start-up akonadi first. So I tried what would happen if I only used >> the two steps preventing the (complete) start-up of nepomuk, and that >> worked great. KAlarm works and Ubuntu 12.04 shuts down within a few >> seconds. The steps to apply are: >> >> 1. Add the following lines to ~/.kde/share/config/nepomukserverrc (and >> their sections if they don't exist) (change the value from "true" to >> "false" if they do exist and are set on "true"; >> >> [Basic Settings] >> Start Nepomuk=false >> >> [Service-nepomukmigration1] >> autostart=false >> >> [Service-nepomukstrigiservice] >> autostart=false >> >> 2. Remove the file /usr/share/autostart/nepomukcontroller.desktop, if it >> exists. >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >> report. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1053783 >> >> Title: >> Ubuntu 12.04 - Stalled shutdown after having had KAlarm opened; with >> package info. >> >> Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: >> Confirmed >> >> Bug description: >> In Ubuntu 12.04, the shutdown is stalling - for about 2 minutes - >> but only on occasions when I have opened - and then quit - KAlarm. >> A window pops up Stating that, 'A Program is still running'; Unknown >> (not responding); and, there are 3 buttons to choose: 'Lock Screen', >> 'Cancel' and 'Shutdown Anyway'. >> >> Initial report was Bug #1053779 but had no package information. >> >> ProblemType: Bug >> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 >> Package: gnome-session-bin 3.2.1-0ubuntu8 >> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic-pae 3.2.27 >> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic-pae i686 >> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia >> ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 >> Architecture: i386 >> Date: Fri Sep 21 13:22:35 2012 >> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-session >> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release >> i386 (20120423) >> ProcEnviron: >> LANGUAGE=en_AU:en >> PATH=(custom, no user) >> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 >> SHELL=/bin/bash >> SourcePackage: gnome-session >> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1053783/+subscriptions >> _______________________________________________ >> Nepomuk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/nepomuk > > _______________________________________________ Nepomuk mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/nepomuk
