Bug 873029 - thunar cannot display the content of /proc
Summary: thunar cannot display the content of /proc
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Thunar
Version: 17
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kevin Fenzi
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-11-04 22:53 UTC by Alessandro Volpi
Modified: 2013-08-01 17:36 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-08-01 17:35:56 UTC
Type: Bug
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Xfce 9460 0 None None None 2012-11-05 20:44:21 UTC

Description Alessandro Volpi 2012-11-04 22:53:38 UTC
Description of problem: thunar cannot open the /proc subtree


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.3.0


How reproducible: every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1.launch thunar with root privileges
2.click /proc on the left pane
3.wait for thunar to display the content of /proc
  
Actual results: the file browser displays the "Loading folder contents ..." message but nothing appears in the right pane ( after 15 minutes wait time )


Expected results: being able to read the /proc folder content in the right pane


Additional info: thunar works properly on the other directories of the file system; I have found on the web that querying the /proc directory causes a thunar hang in Ubuntu systems. See http://osdir.com/ml/ubuntu-bugs/2008-06/msg06826.htm

Comment 1 Kevin Fenzi 2012-11-05 15:07:40 UTC
Would you be willing to report this upstream to bugzilla.xfce.org ? Or would you like me to?

Workaround: Don't run Thunar as root, and don't try and browse /proc. :)

The link above seems to be gone/removed.

Comment 2 Alessandro Volpi 2012-11-05 19:41:17 UTC
I have filed the bug in the xfce bugzilla:

Xfce Bugzilla – Bug 9460

Thank you for the suggestion.

Comment 3 Kevin Fenzi 2012-11-05 20:44:21 UTC
Thanks.

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