Public bug reported:
http://hildev.blogspot.com/2006/08/gnome-disks-admin-bug.html
Gnome disks-admin bug
Description:
1. I found the 'Enable' button in gnome disks-admin did not behave in the
way that makes sense. It should be greyed out when 'Access Path' is set to
'none' or a path that does not exist. See picture 1.
2. The same as the 'Disable' button here when you browse to the root ('/')
partition. See picture 2. It should be greyed out. I don't think you can
disable or unmount '/' when you are using it.
3. I have a floppy drive. It appears in gnome disks-admin. The problem is
that it should show the correct information on the right side when you click on
the floppy on the left side. See picture 3.
pictures 1,2,3:
http://home.comcast.net/%7Efreehil/Screenshot-Disks-Manager-Enable.png
http://home.comcast.net/%7Efreehil/Screenshot-Disks-Manager-Disable.png
http://home.comcast.net/%7Efreehil/Screenshot-Disks-Manager-Floppy.png
Reproduce steps for item 1:
1. Install a new hard disk in the PC
2. Boot Ubuntu 6.06 and start gnome disks-admin
3. The disks-admin detects the new hard drive. The default 'Access Path' is
set to 'none'
Observed: The 'Enable' button is not greyed out. You can still click on the it,
but it does not do anything. Users can type random strings in 'Access Path'
Expected: The 'Enable' button is greyed out. You can't click on it. Users get
warnings if the 'Access Path' is invalid.
Reproduce steps for item 2:
1. Boot Ubuntu 6.06 and start gnome disks-admin
2. Go to the disk and partition of your root ('/') 'Access Path'
Observed: 'Disable' button is not greyed out. You can still click on the it,
but it does not do anything. Gnome disks-admin allows you to type random
strings in the 'Access Path'. You can set it to '/shit' and click 'Disable', it
reverts to '/'.
Expected: 'Disable' button is greyed out. When users put an invalid path in
'Access Path', disks-admin should warn the user. You can implement that check
at the moment when the focus goes off the input field. At least give a warning
message before allowing users to modify the 'Access Path' to things other than
'/'. For example, a dialog like: if you set the 'Access Path' to /shit, I will
write to /etc/fstab:
/dev/hda3 /shit ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
Do you want to proceed?
Reproduce steps for item 3:
Boot Ubuntu 6.06 and start gnome disks-admin
Click on the left side a hard drive
Click on the floppy
Observed: The floppy's storage property on the right side is not updated. It's
still the hard drive's property.
Expected: The floppy's storage property gets displayed correctly.
I suggest put a debug output window somewhere and let users choose to
enable or by default disable it.
** Affects: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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gnome disks-admin 'enable' button nonsense
https://launchpad.net/bugs/56151
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