mherrmann / mherrmann/fman

File move/delete hangs with faulty mounting external harddrives

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Description

Hi,

This one is a little funny. I have an external hard drive that I use a lot. But, lately it has been flacky on mounting. Fman shows it mounted sometimes while finder says it isn't. If I delete or move a file in fman when in that state, Finder pops up a dialogue saying the file can't be moved or deleted. Fman stay hung for quite a while (3-4 minutes).

Once I eject the drive and remount it, I have no issues. Other filemanagers do not see the mount when it is flacky like that, but fman and Alfred do see it.

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Research direction

Reproduce the hang with an external drive in the flaky mount state described, comparing fman behavior with Finder and other file managers. Verify whether ejecting and remounting clears the problem, then identify the relevant file-operation entry point; done means move and delete no longer remain hung in that state.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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