Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
A session of deleting or moving multiple large files (typically one or a
few at a time) frequently results in the amount of free space being
updated incorrectly. At some stage, the space count does not reflect a
delete/move operation at all; this can happen repeatedly, producing a
count that diverges noticeably from effective free space. Occasionally,
a new delete operation will restore a proper overall count but I fail to
see any logic or pattern. I do get the impression it is more likely to
happen when moving files between nautilus tabs or over NFS.
The numbers are consistent with the output of df and gparted but
disagree with the output of du. At the moment, my home partition (60GB,
XFS) reports 49.7GB of free space; du reports only some 900MB actually
in use. That is after downloading and deleting/moving some 25GB of
files.
The only solution I have found to restore a proper free space count consists in
rebooting. None of the following has any effect:
- syncing
- logging out
- closing and restarting nautilus
- killing nautilus
- checking Trash in the .local directory for any lingering files (none)
- manually creating bogus files using dd and deleting them in an attempt to
trigger a proper update
Kernel bug?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: nautilus 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon May 9 16:33:14 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64+mac (20110426)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty
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Title:
nautilus does not update free space (or not properly) after delete
operation
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