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TheFortean

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Registered: 2017-12-02

Posts: 5

Random failure of nemo - possibly (SOLVED)

Query regarding the mounting of internal HDD/SSD and their display on the desktop.
Equipment: Motherboard; ASUS Maximus IX Hero. RAM; 32GB.
System drive NVMe (2) one running Linux Mint plus 5 internal storage HDD formatted ext4.
Arch installed manually by my own script on a laptop via ssh to NVMe, using btrfs with subvolumes.
Desktop is Cinnamon because I am familiar with it, so file manager is nemo.
When I start my computer I get GRUB every time.
I select Arch.
Then I get the “Greeter”, but I may, or may not, get the wallpaper, at the whim of the computer.
Once I have logged in I always get the wallpaper
I go to “Computer” on the desktop and open it.
I may, or may not, get the list of attached internal drives, at the whim of the computer.
If I do not, it will also not respond if I plug in an external drive, or SD card.
This means I cannot open any drives in the GUI. Maybe there is some other way of doing it?
I can see all the drives when the malfunction occurs using lsblk.
Obviously this is intensely annoying and can only be corrected by repeated reboots
I would like to know if Arch is naturally capricious, or if this is a fault in my installation on my desk computer.
My laptop set up in the same way, and does not seem to be subject to these random events. That said it does not have internal data drives, but never ignores USB drives or SD cards.
I am reminded of this rhyme:
There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very very good,
And when she was bad she was horrid. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
I have another related query I entered under “Newbie Corner”

Last edited by TheFortean (2026-01-26 12:24:33)

seth

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Re: Random failure of nemo - possibly (SOLVED)

Nemo will use gvfs and ultimately udisks to control external drives.
From an affected session (ie. when things DON'T work), please log

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st
loginctl session-status
echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS

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TheFortean

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Registered: 2017-12-02

Posts: 5

Re: Random failure of nemo - possibly (SOLVED)

This has turned out to be a case of "The ghost in the machine". Without any action on my part the "Little girl with the curl" is behaving herself again.