Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: tracker
After unmounting a large truecrypt volume (file called test.doc) tracker starts
msword_filter which copies the file to /tmp.
The problem is, test.doc is a truecrypt volume of 20GB, and there are only 6GB
free on /tmp.
After doing 'truecrqpt -d', here are relevant lines from 'ps -ef':
matze 9180 1 0 19:51 ? 00:00:10 /usr/bin/trackerd
matze 15514 9180 0 21:19 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh
/usr/lib/tracker/filters/application/msword_filter /home/matze/test.doc [...]
matze 15516 15514 72 21:19 ? 00:00:01 cp /home/matze/test.doc
/tmp/tmpdir.15514/tmpfile.15514
msword_filter copies the 20GB file to /tmp although there is only 6GB free
space.
test.doc is no real word document in the first place.
I dont know what truecrypt does to the file to cause tracker to re-index. A
'touch test.doc' doesn't cause the problem.
msword_filter should check if there is enough free space available in /tmp.
Workarounds are renaming the file or putting it on the ignore list in tracker
preferences.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 15 21:52:16 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: tracker 0.6.6-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_IE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: tracker
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
** Affects: tracker (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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msword_filter should check available disk space before copying files to /tmp
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230876
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