Dolphin losing files when copying many files or large folders

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Oops. I do remember reading that part about you asking for CLI output. Just reproduced the problem.

Here are the original and “copied” properties dialogs. (image)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4684873/dolphin_copy_results.jpg

Here is What I got while copying the folder:

user@COMPUTER ~/srl/OBSns-allinone-2.35-RC7/ns-2.35 $ dolphin&                                                     
[1] 20384                                                                                                           
user@COMPUTER ~/srl/OBSns-allinone-2.35-RC7/ns-2.35 $ QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method DolphinApplication::loadCommandLineOptionsForNewInstance()                                                                             
dolphin(20385)/kdecore (KLibrary) findLibraryInternal: plugins should not have a 'lib' prefix: "libkonsolepart.so"  
dolphin(20385)/kdecore (services) KMimeTypeFactory::parseMagic: Now parsing  "/usr/share/mime/magic"                
dolphin(20385)/kdecore (services) KMimeTypeFactory::parseMagic: Now parsing  "/home/user/.local/share/mime/magic"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
dolphin(20385)/kdeui (KIconLoader) KIconLoaderPrivate::normalizeIconMetadata: Illegal icon state:  32 
dolphin(20385)/kdeui (KIconLoader) KIconLoaderPrivate::normalizeIconMetadata: Illegal icon state:  32 
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(20385)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator ID."
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Seems to be a problem with Akonadi / Nepomuk. Switch them off and test whether those symptoms remain.

23

What does Akonadi have to do with this? I thought it was PIM component. How do I disable it? I’ve googled this and the first few articles I found aren’t very clear on what exactly I’m supposed to do.

Anyway… when I ran that job, I had Strigi disabled, and now I’ve disabled Nepomuk through the settings panel and re-logged in. Will post results here when copy job is done.

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Nope. The files were not all copied again… This time, a different number of files didn’t make it though. :\

this time, 20, 278 files were copied (see the image in my other post for the original numbers)

Here is the command line output. However, the vast majority of these lines were generated when i opened the properties dialogs to compare the number of files. It looks like it’s just complaining about Nepomuk not being enabled.

QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method DolphinApplication::loadCommandLineOptionsForNewInstance()
dolphin(21987)/kdecore (services) KMimeTypeFactory::parseMagic: Now parsing  "/usr/share/mime/magic"
dolphin(21987)/kdecore (services) KMimeTypeFactory::parseMagic: Now parsing  "/home/dvchench/.local/share/mime/magic"
dolphin(21987)/kdeui (KIconLoader) KIconLoaderPrivate::normalizeIconMetadata: Illegal icon state:  32 
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Connection refused"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Connection refused"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Connection refused"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"                                                                
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"                                     
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"                                     
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."                                                              
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"                                                                
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"                                     
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"                                                                
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"                                     
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"                                     
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."                                                              
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"                                                                
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"                                     
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"                                                                
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"                                     
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"                                     
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."                                                              
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"                                                                
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Connection refused"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."
dolphin(21987)/kdeui (KIconLoader) KIconLoaderPrivate::normalizeIconMetadata: Illegal icon state:  32 
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Connection refused"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/dolphin(21987)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."
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Soprano is part of the Akonadi / Strigi / Nepomuk-thingy. However, I do not know how it is used when Strigi etc. are deactivated. Either way, I do get the same soprano-messages when starting Dolphin, so that does not seem to be an issue worth being examined any further.

Try running

dmesg

and post the output of the messages appearing right after the errors occur. /var/log/messages might also provide a hint.

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I did look over the logs and saw nothing that really jumped out.

here is my dmesg (deleted most stuff that looked like it was general boot-time messages b/c 15k character limit on forums):

The ext4-remounted lines do look kinda suspicious:
[30065.691210] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0

Not sure what this means though. The HDD is about a couple months old and I haven’t had any problems with it in any other OSes. Also, i don’t think I would have had time to screw up the filesystem just yet - I just installed the OS with a clean-format like 2 days ago.


   26.481234] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
   26.481239] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
   26.504729] logips2pp: Detected unknown logitech mouse model 62
   26.578691] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
   26.578696]     (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
   26.578699]     (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
   26.578701]     (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
   26.578703]     (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
   26.578705]     (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
   26.578707]     (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
   26.579070] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 5)
   26.580496] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
   26.707762] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
   26.708417] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
   26.708433] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
   26.708448] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
   26.708512] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded  Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
   26.884259] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AAZA] enabled at IRQ 23
   26.884265] HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT B -> Link[AAZA] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
   26.884268] hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
   26.884297] HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: setting latency timer to 64
   27.049076] input: ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input4
   27.138098] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC8] enabled at IRQ 16
   27.138104]   alloc irq_desc for 16 on node 0
   27.138106]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
   27.138119] nvidia 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC8] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
   27.138127] nvidia 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
   27.138132] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:02:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
   27.138331] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  260.19.06  Mon Sep 13 04:29:19 PDT 2010
   27.372510] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
   27.372525] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
   27.372538] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
   27.374746]   alloc irq_desc for 41 on node 0
   27.374750]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
   27.374760] forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
   28.995178] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
   37.420011] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
   65.412652] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
   90.010138] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -188283961 ns)
  131.187026] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
  598.233865] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
 4021.546362] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[21011.295506] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[21261.214932] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[25201.293124] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[26122.159356] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[26142.490302] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[28993.845509] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[30065.691210] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[30097.784115] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[30119.000483] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0

Here is part of my /var/log/messages (same exact info as dmesg as far as I can tell)

Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.578691] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.578696]     (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.578699]     (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.578701]     (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.578703]     (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.578705]     (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.578707]     (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.579070] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 5)
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.580496] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.708512] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded  Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.884259] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AAZA] enabled at IRQ 23
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.884265] HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT B -> Link[AAZA] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    26.884268] hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    27.049076] input: ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input4
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    27.138098] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC8] enabled at IRQ 16
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    27.138119] nvidia 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC8] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    27.138132] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:02:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
Dec 14 10:14:33 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    27.138331] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  260.19.06  Mon Sep 13 04:29:19 PDT 2010
Dec 14 10:14:34 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    28.995178] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
Dec 14 10:15:11 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    65.412652] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
Dec 14 10:15:19 COMPUTER_NAME nautilus: [N-A] Nautilus-Actions Menu Extender 2.30.2 initializing...
Dec 14 10:15:19 COMPUTER_NAME nautilus: [N-A] Nautilus-Actions Tracker 2.30.2 initializing...
Dec 14 10:15:35 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:    90.010138] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -188283961 ns)
Dec 14 10:16:17 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:   131.187026] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Dec 14 10:24:04 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:   598.233865] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Dec 14 10:47:03 COMPUTER_NAME rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="4.2.0" x-pid="925" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] rsyslogd was HUPed, type 'lightweight'.
Dec 14 11:21:07 COMPUTER_NAME kernel:  4021.546362] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Dec 14 12:52:04 COMPUTER_NAME sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: Called
Dec 14 12:52:04 COMPUTER_NAME sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: username = [username]
Dec 14 13:49:29 COMPUTER_NAME sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: Called
Dec 14 13:49:29 COMPUTER_NAME sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: username = [username]
Dec 14 16:04:17 COMPUTER_NAME kernel: [21011.295506] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Dec 14 16:08:27 COMPUTER_NAME kernel: [21261.214932] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Dec 14 16:27:31 COMPUTER_NAME sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: Called
Dec 14 16:27:31 COMPUTER_NAME sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: username = [username]
Dec 14 17:14:07 COMPUTER_NAME kernel: [25201.293124] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Dec 14 17:29:28 COMPUTER_NAME kernel: [26122.159356] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
Dec 14 17:29:42 COMPUTER_NAME nautilus: [N-A] Nautilus-Actions Menu Extender 2.30.2 initializing...
Dec 14 17:29:42 COMPUTER_NAME nautilus: [N-A] Nautilus-Actions Tracker 2.30.2 initializing...
Dec 14 17:29:48 COMPUTER_NAME kernel: [26142.490302] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Dec 14 18:17:19 COMPUTER_NAME kernel: [28993.845509] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Dec 14 18:35:04 COMPUTER_NAME pulseaudio[1960]: ratelimit.c: 384 events suppressed
Dec 14 18:35:11 COMPUTER_NAME kernel: [30065.691210] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
Dec 14 18:35:43 COMPUTER_NAME kernel: [30097.784115] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
Dec 14 18:36:04 COMPUTER_NAME kernel: [30119.000483] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0

The copy jobs were started around 17:30 and 16:15 (according to the folders’ timestamps). This corresponds roughly with some of the re-mount messages.

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Apparently, another issue is also in play here: the properties dialog gives semi-BS file numbers for the NTFS file system. Every time I hit refresh, I get a different number – sometimes higher, sometimes lower than the previous.

I looked that the properties dialogs for the same folders as given by Nautilus. Lo and behold, the folders contained the correct numbers of files!!! Which means that while trying to reproduce the files-not-being-moved/copied problem I had earlier (yes, I’m 100% certain that the files were, in fact, not moved), I’ve actually found an altogether different bug. Yay for me. :sarcastic:

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I can confirm this is happening. Today I’ve been copying gigabytes worth of files from one partition to another. On every copy I verified the file counts in both the source and destination directories.

Guess what? Dolphin will give an INCORRECT count on the first Properties count, and then CORRECT ITSELF on the SECOND count! So for example if I ask for properties of a directory with 4,359 files and 206 folders I got 2,875 files and 129 folders on the first properties sheet. If I ask for properties AGAIN on the same folder, I get the actual 4,359 and 206 figures!

This is SERIOUSLY BAD, folks! It means that the entire Dolphin utility has NEVER BEEN PROPERLY TESTED! Otherwise this would have shown up almost immediately in any competent test suite!

What I also discovered today is that Dolphin AND Konqueror will DIE in the middle of a copy with no warning, no error message. It just STOPS dead.

I can’t believe this. I upgraded from openSUSE 11.0 expecting a better product. This has been a nightmare of bugs today. If I find any more show stoppers like this one, openSUSE is out of here and I switch to Fedora or some other distro. It’s quite clear from this situation that the openSUSE project has a serious issue with quality assurance testing.

Oh, and by the way, this is on an EXT3 file system, not NTFS.

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It’s not openSUSE that has the problem, it’s to do with KDE dolphin/konqueror, they are supposed to have fixed it with KDE4.4.x and above it is in their bug reports under refresh problems.

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OK, so I get to blame the KDE crowd for this. That’s slightly better, except it probably means any other distro I switch to will have the same problem. So I guess it’s doublecheck everything I do in terms of moving or copying files until there’s a fix. I double check that sort of thing anyway as a matter of habit. Or do it from the command line - which I did a couple hours ago and that was infinitely faster than using Dolphin incredibly slow copying.

It’s really bad though when a serious bug like this slips through the cracks.

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Yeah such things really keep people away from linux. Personally I didn’t encounter the problem. Maybe I’m lucky or I copy very little. You could copy your files with konqueror, krusader or mc for the time being.

Best regards,
Greg

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I have same problem. Almoust always I get some empty folders. Now I don’t copy anything without (g)rsync.

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When backing up /home to an external drive using Dolphin I have found empty directories where copied files should be. It seemed to occur further down the tree, typically the last subdir was empty. Have switched to rsync for copying my backups, which so far has either worked or notified me of a failure to transfer a particular file (for example, no read access at the source when running as user).

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It’s a little concerning that this bug still exists as file coping is an essential part of using an os. It’s ok for me to use the cli to do a copy but I can’t expect my staff to do the same. Sometimes we need to copy a few hundred MBs of small image files and almost always some images go missing.

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I had a similar problem copying files from SuSE (11.1/KDE 3.5.10) to a FAT32 flash-drive. If there was a file with a windows illegal file name, Dolphin would copy the folders over, discover the “bad file name” and exit. Leaving the folders empty. If I told it to overwrite any files, it would clean out the folders on the destination drive and leave nothing. Sick Dolphin!

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I think the problem has to do with the kio slaves that handle the copying. I noticed that Rekonq, Konqueror and KGet couldn’t download (i.e. copy via http) files properly (all use kio) but other browsers (Opera, Chrome, etc.) had no problem with them. I filed a bug for this which turned out to be a duplicate of others (e.g. this one: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222789).

Now I’ve just noticed that Dolphin was failing to copy all files from my HDD to a flash drive. Actually I had encountered this bug much earlier when copying a ton of files from my HDD to an external one but paid little attention to it. I believe Dolphin, Konqueror, and other files managers use kio in KDE for copying, so all of these file managers will show the bug if it’s kio-related. The best thing to do to ensure a bug-less transfer is to do it without recourse to kio (e.g. via command line using cp).

I’m using Kubuntu 10.10 and KDE 4.6.1.

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I just found this thread. I’m having the same problem when copying files with Dolphin. I only noticed it when copying all my photographs from my backup drive to my desktop computer. It would explain why I have been missing some photos. I might try Konqueror and see if the same happens.
I have also tried “Properties” in Dolphin. I was getting a different “Size & number of files” calculated on every refresh. (I have just tried again and it gives me the same result)

Can someone keep us updated on what is happening with this fault please. It would be good to know when I can use my file manager to manage my files :slight_smile:
I have tried filing a bug report for a different fault, but I think my lack of knowledge was a bit annoying for some people, so I’m in no hurry to try that again :slight_smile:
Thanks, that’s all for now (I’m on my second call for tea, so I had better go)

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** BUMP! **

This rather old thread was started 14-Feb-2010.

I have just had a similar problem, necessitating some considerable effort to recover whatever I can from a filesystem.

I’m surprised & appalled that there’s no progress on it, and that I should suffer a similar thing over a year later, in Ubuntu Natty-based systems,
affecting a (native NTSC) single partition on a USB3 disk.

As another contributor wrote, this kind of thing is sadly what puts people off Linux, and this may well be a bug in a fairly basic operation, which conceivably
has been eating away at some users’ data for all this time. (To be fair, I don’t think the alternative OSs are much better.)

This lack of attention is just Not Good Enough.

What I noticed was that randomly, jpg files in a *large * directory started to decay away into corruption.

Belatedly I noticed a message at the foot of Dolphin, “file too big”. Quite innocuous, it hadn’t grabbed my attention before.
If this is indicative of corruption, it needs to be a *much more prominent *message.

This “n files in folder” is often slow to load, and also often gets stuck on a different message “'xxxx’file selected, (so-many KiB)”.
So, it gets ignored.

It is probably unwise to do any futher writes to a filesystem which is likely corrupted.
However, I decided to copy the particular corrupted directory/folder which I had noticed, to a new one on the same disk.
This copied only 900 files, (of about 1100 ?). I think there was a message “Too many files”.
What happens to the remaining ones is anyone’s guess.
I did split the large directory into two, hoping the problem would go away, but in fact files continued to decay away.

This actually goes beyond Dolphin; the “save-as” right-click menu for jpegs from a browser had been behaving erratically.
If it was failing to save the image; it was not reporting the fact (or why, or what to do about it).

Recovery has been problematical, partly from unfamiliarity.

I have noted also that when I try to use Dolphin to copy the originally corrupted directory to another, on another drive,
only some of the jpg files made the journey. Quite consistently, the same ones. The ones that don’t** make it can, however, be copied individually. Odd.

Just an extra point: the error/information message that did appear are really not best practice formulation.
Perhaps because the do not carry a clear error-reference code, one can search the wwweb for eons before getting a useful ‘hit’;
the words in the messages are so common, one either gets everything, or ‘keywords ignored’. Hrrmmph.

This could well be why this apparent bug has received so little confirmation, even though it ought to be quite easily reproduced.

With apologies if I have been a little too terse…

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I first replied to this thread in May of 2010 and was wondering if anyone had found a work-around or if the underlying bug has been identified and fixed. I’m about to initiate another hair-pulling backup session and I really can’t spare the hair. This phenomenon is definitely not limited to Dolphin; maybe the person who suspected kio slaves is on the right track. I’ve had this happen when copying manually from Konsole in addition to Krusader and a couple other file managers. Anyone have any luck figuring this out?

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My workarounds…

  • Copy smaller chunks of data. In other words, re-create the upper directory tree at the target, then copy the sub-directories and directory contents over. Yeah, it’s a ridiculous exercise so it’s useful only if you have patience and the job isn’t too big.

  • If it’s a very big collection of files, then you can create an archive first, then copy the archive to the new location and then extract. Requires some time to archive and extract (usually not too long) plus sufficient temporary disk space.

Note - If you’re also transferring/copying across a significant bottleneck like a network link, then you have other issues that need to be addressed besides simple local file transfer buffers, you may need to take a look at your method of network transfer and analyze your network configuration as well.

I remember when this problem existed in Windows long ago (Win98/Me?), so the issues involved for this kind of operation are not only well documented but over time the methods Microsoft implemented to address the problem. IIRC, it largely had to do with buffers, tuning algorihms, flushing… But those fixes only applied to typical operations of the day. Last I heard, recently new methods were implemented to support operations which are possible today which weren’t likely yesteryear.

HTH,
Tony