Bug#778701: Wrong disk usage displayed

2015-02-23 Thread jnqnfe
Control: close -1
thanks

I have since discovered that was a result of the 5% reserved space
feature, and affects more than just gnome-system-monitor.

I have to say, as someone relatively new to linux, not knowing such a
feature even exists, it is pretty confusing for various tools and
interfaces to display conflicting and confusing information about disk
space availability/usage with no explanation about this.

If a tool is going to display information about only space available to
the user (excluding the 5% reserved), then it should do so for all
number presented, not just some of them. Perhaps it might even be
helpful to display a '% reserved' column, to give a very helpful hint as
to what is going on regarding any missing space that the user expected
to have and to explain differences in output of different tools.


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Bug#778701: Wrong disk usage displayed

2015-02-18 Thread jnqnfe
Package: gnome-system-monitor
Version: 3.14.1-1

Gnome system monitor is reporting inaccurate disk usage information.

Example (1TB HDD):
total: 984.4GB
available: 46.7 GB
used: 887.7 GB
95% full

887.7 + 46.7 = 934.4, not 984.4

The used amount is correct, as is the total (I believe), but the amount
available is significantly off and so thus is the percentage.

gnome-disk-utility however reports the correct usage:
Size: 1.0 TB - 97 GB free )90.3% full).


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