Inkscape hangs while trying to access slow mounts.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Inkscape |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
OpenAFS |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
inkscape (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Inkscape has been hanging at apparently random intervals recently.
It shows in system monitor that it is waiting on afs_[something] which is the OpenAFS network file system that is installed on my PC. The AFS is hanging because it's not connected or not authenticated or something, which to be fair isn't Inkscape's fault.
The problem with it, is that I've no idea why it is trying to access the AFS volume. This happens when I start inkscape with no file (i.e. just run 'inkscape' from the terminal) from a directory on my main drive (not the AFS). It then also happens at arbitary muliple minute intervals and/or on every ~10th time I switch back to the inkscape window.
I'm guessing that there must be a recently used file or something that is on the AFS, although I can't find it in the list.
Could it also be that the 'File Open' dialog is being primed or something? It doesn't require me to open the 'Open' diaglog though, it just happens anyway in the middle of drawing.
The second problem is that the interface shouldn't just freeze while it's waiting for a slow device, since the average user wouldn't know what's going on. It took me ages to work it out. I'm not sure if this counts as a bug in inkscape, in openafs, or in some common file handling component.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: inkscape 0.48.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 24 12:26:35 2012
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: inkscape
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
If anyone can tell me how to make the OpenAFS client write an access log , or log anything useful, I might be able to work out what inkscape is trying to read.