https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XF … tor_applet
I run Xubuntu and found that the tooltip displayed the status of tons of "loop" devices. Applying my simple modification to the code takes care of that. I just wanted to share in case someone else needs this.
$ diff -u xfce-hkmon.cpp xfce-hkmon_mod.cpp
--- xfce-hkmon.cpp 2021-01-06 12:29:19.339801125 -0800
+++ xfce-hkmon_mod.cpp 2021-01-06 16:07:22.321210830 -0800
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@
if (!(diskinfo >> skip >> skip >> name)) break;
if (!name.empty()
&& (prev.empty() || (name.find(prev) != 0)) // skip partitions
- && (name.find("dm") != 0)) // skip device mapper
+ && (name.find("dm") != 0) // skip device mapper
+ && (name.find("loop") != 0)) // skip loop devices
{
prev = name;
Device& device = devices[name];