Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gvfs
I have a dual boot machine that runs Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I
have my NTFS partitions in the fstab so they mount themselves
automatically.
I don't know exact steps to reproduce but it sometimes happen. I just
moved some pictures to my NTFS partition from my camera on Ubuntu then I
restarted my machine to boot in Windows to process that files (also many
programs on my XP updated themselves). After I finished my work I
switched back to Ubuntu and I downloaded a ZIP and wanted to extract it.
It had a lot of files. Extraction result in a lots of I/O errors. I took
a look at the place I tried to extract the files and I saw something
weird. Some of my music files appeared in that directory but with a
different filename. I was able to play them but I was unable to delete
them (no such file error or I/O errors, corrupted file descriptors?).
Then I switched back to my Windows partition and ran "chkdsk -f" to
repair the partition, it spotted the problem and deleted all corrupt
file descriptors (all the pictures I just moved). After that, everything
worked fine (and those wierd "links" to my music files also gone away).
Since I moved the pictures from my camera and chkdsk deleted them they
are lost permanently.
There was a similar issue a month ago, when I "lost" all my music files.
I had a directory where I store all my music files but nautilus showed
the directory as empty however I was able play any music if know its
exact file name and typed its exact path in my music player. I switched
to Windows and ran "chkdsk" an it restored the file descriptors.
Under windows I used to pull out my pen drive immediately after I copied
the files on it without properly shutting it down. I have never had
problems about this on that system but not in Ubuntu. Under Ubuntu if
you do the same without umount you will lost or corrupt all the files
you copied. If you always umount there is no problem (you see the pen
drive led flashing maybe it closing the file descriptors and commit the
changes that time?). Maybe a similar thing happens with the NTFS
partitions if I shut down or restart my system just after I copied some
files on my NTFS partition. Maybe the filesystem manager forget to
commit?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gvfs 1.6.1-0ubuntu1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 18 18:38:28 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gvfs
** Affects: gvfs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid
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Gvfs may corrupt NTFS partitions
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662816
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