[Bug 15532] New: multiload-applet-2 hangs if smbfs mount breaks

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Ubuntu | gnome-applets

           Summary: multiload-applet-2 hangs if smbfs mount breaks
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: i386
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gnome-applets
        AssignedTo: seb128 at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: dooglus at gmail.com
         QAContact: desktop-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


I occasionally type:

    sudo mount -t smbfs -o password=,uid=chris //server/dokumenty
~/smb/server/dokumenty

to mount an SMB share into my home directory.

The network socket on my laptop is a bit broken.  It doesn't hold the network
cable in, so if I move the laptop, the network cable often falls out.  This
isn't a problem for the most part, I just put it back in.  But for SMB mounts,
it seems to be a problem - the mount stops working, and doesn't start working
again when I plug the cable back in again.

I noticed a few minutes ago that the graphs at the top of my screen had stopped
moving.  They show CPU usage, network, memory, swap and disk usage and are made
by the 'multiload-applet-2' process.

I just used 'strace' to see what the process was doing instead of animating the
graphs for me:

chris at chrislap:/$ pgrep multiload
6156
chris at chrislap:/$ strace -p 6156
Process 6156 attached - interrupt to quit
statfs("/home/chris/smb/server/dokumenty",  <unfinished ...>
Process 6156 detached

It seems it's hanging trying to 'statfs' the SMB mount point.  It's been doing
that for quite a while now.  I'd like it to give up and start drawing the graphs
again for me.

Incidentally, if I 'cd' to /home/chris/smb/server and run "ls", I see:

  chris at chrislap:~/smb/server$ ls
  dokumenty

but if I run "ls -l" I see:

  chris at chrislap:~/smb/server$ ls -l
  <flashing cursor, no output, no new shell prompt>
  ls: dokumenty: Input/output error
  total 0

ie. it hangs for a minute or so and then prints an error.

Should this perhaps be filed somewhere else?

Or should I just get my laptop fixed?

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