Trouble with ls -la cmd in 11.

[mysteron]

Hi.

Anyone else experiencing trouble with the ls -la command in 11?

This is the scenario :

- log in as a regular user.
- open a terminal window.
- run su -
- enter password
- type ls -la in /root
- the command hangs.

I can list contents of any other folder than /root or any subfolder in root. If trying to list, then cmd hangs.


/mysteron

[CSchwangler]

I tested this in a couple of folders, including /root, but it never hangs. Maybe you need to give more specific information on your system. I am using F11 (with latest updates), 2.6.30 kernel, Gnome, 32-bit.

[yuhuntero]

If you type the the command as a login-in regular user, Does it hang ? I used to have a familiar trouble as you have, but it is when I do as a login-in user. I found it have a bug in gvfs-fuse-daemon coming with the GVFS mount point which is at ~/.gvfs . I killed the vfs-fuse-daemon and umount it , then everything is OK

[mysteron]

Hi.

Thank you for your replies. I killed all gvfs processes and now I can list the contents of /root.

It seems as I too am experiencing the bug that yuhuntero mentions.

Is it possible to disable the gvfs fuse service somehow?


Thx,
/mysteron

[yuhuntero]

- Backup the file vfs-fuse-daemon as vfs-fuse-daemon.bak
- Make a new blank file vfs-fuse-daemon, and make it executable

Because the vfs-fuse-daemon is call from the code, we could not do any setting to disable it. But we can cheat it as do above. As I know the vfs-fuse-daemon is only need in limitd cases.

[soylentman]

UDAMAN! yuhuntero has it right. Followed instructions and had to hard reboot but all is good now for the moment. Once again Thank-you so much. Been two days trying hard not to re-install to fix it.

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[nadeem]

I have the same problem with my F11. Could you pl. tell me the location (dir) of file vfs-fuse-daemon?

thnx.
N.

[parish]

Originally Posted by nadeem

I have the same problem with my F11. Could you pl. tell me the location (dir) of file vfs-fuse-daemon?

The easiest way to locate files on your system is with the locate command.

First, update the database with the current file info (this only has to be done once each time your files change). This must be done as root or via sudo

root[7]% updatedb

and then use the locate command (executable as user)

daniel[6]% locate vfs-fuse-daemon
/usr/libexec/gvfs-fuse-daemon

Daniel

[nadeem]

Thank you all. It solved the problem. However, I was unable to run updatedb until I fixed the gvfs problem first. (any program trying to access my home folder was hanging for ever).