profile-sync-daemon - keep browser profiles in tmpfs and sync'ed

Mr Green · 2013-05-29 07:30:34

I run a separate partition for /home and have not had a problem with psd. Will try out latest version....

graysky · 2013-05-29 09:01:51

Mr Green wrote:

I run a separate partition for /home and have not had a problem with psd. Will try out latest version....

As do I and nor have I. Two users reported that on occasion, psd would fail silently so this modification (minor really) should safeguard against that.

Mr Green · 2013-05-29 09:04:46

Updated this morning and psd is working fine.

UnsolvedCypher · 2013-06-04 21:55:51

My psd takes 25 seconds to load at startup. Is there a way to delay it a little, so that it isn't copying stuff at the same time as everyone else?

graysky · 2013-06-04 23:19:14

@Unsolved - This is how systemd works. The psd.service will start as soon as /home is accessible. One strategy to minimizing start times is to minimize browser profiles. For example, post the output of `psd p` which shows you how larger your profile(s) are. A companion util called profile-cleaner which can help. Moving your cache to tmpfs (not using psd) can help as well. See the man page of psd for a link.

UnsolvedCypher · 2013-06-05 00:36:58

I have already made my profile smaller. But is there no way to ask the service to wait a few seconds or at least let the gui start first?
Thank you!

graysky · 2013-06-05 00:52:50

I don't know about delay starting a service... you should google it.

jose1711 · 2013-06-28 05:49:53

any idea why i am getting this?

Jun 28 07:33:47 olivia profile-sync-daemon[399]: mv: cannot move '/home/jose/.config/chromium' 
Jun 28 07:33:54 olivia profile-sync-daemon[399]: cannot delete non-empty directory: chromium
Jun 28 07:33:54 olivia systemd[1]: Started Profile-sync-daemon.

the chromium directory in tmp is empty:

ls -l /tmp/jose-chromium/
total 0

graysky · 2013-06-28 08:43:00

Haven't seen that one. Post the output of:

psd

jose1711 · 2013-06-28 12:16:25

[jose@olivia ~]$ psd
Profile-sync-daemon v5.36.3

 /usr/bin/psd [option]
  preview	Parse config file (/etc/psd.conf) to see which profiles will be managed.
  resync	Synchronize the tmpfs and media bound copy. Must be run as root user.
  sync		Force a manual sync. Must be run as root user and NOT recommended.
  unsync	Force a manual unsync. Must be run as root user and NOT recommended.

 It is HIGHLY DISCOURAGED to directly call /usr/bin/psd to sync or to unsync.
 Instead, use systemd to start/stop profile-sync-daemon.

 systemctl [option] psd psd-resync
  start		Turn on daemon; make symlinks and actively manage targets in tmpfs.
  stop		Turn off daemon; remove symlinks and rotate tmpfs data back to disc.
  enable	Autostart daemon when system comes up.
  disable	Remove daemon from the list of autostart daemons.

[jose@olivia ~]$ psd preview
Profile-sync-daemon v5.36.3 on Arch Linux.

Daemon file /run/psd is present.
Service is currently active.

Psd will manage the following per /etc/psd.conf settings:

 browser/psname:  chromium/chromium
 owner/group:     jose/users
 sync target:     /home/jose/.config/chromium
 tmpfs dir:       /tmp/jose-chromium
 profile size:    33M

graysky · 2013-06-28 17:20:32

Sorry, add a p to it:

psd p

jose1711 · 2013-06-28 17:21:58

it's also in the previous post

graysky · 2013-06-28 18:32:22

jose1711 wrote:

it's also in the previous post

I must be blind

`psd p` will invoke the preview or parse mode which shows more info about which profiles are to be sync'ed.

jose1711 · 2013-06-28 19:29:55

on my computer psd preview gives the very same output as psd p. really.. it's there - you might want to scroll though

graysky · 2013-06-28 20:07:47

@jose - OK... post the contents of /etc/psd.conf

Calling just psd on my system:

Profile-sync-daemon v5.36.3

 /usr/bin/psd [option]
  preview	Parse config file (/etc/psd.conf) to see which profiles will be managed.
  resync	Synchronize the tmpfs and media bound copy. Must be run as root user.
  sync		Force a manual sync. Must be run as root user and NOT recommended.
  unsync	Force a manual unsync. Must be run as root user and NOT recommended.

 It is HIGHLY DISCOURAGED to directly call /usr/bin/psd to sync or to unsync.
 Instead, use systemd to start/stop profile-sync-daemon.

 systemctl [option] psd psd-resync
  start		Turn on daemon; make symlinks and actively manage targets in tmpfs.
  stop		Turn off daemon; remove symlinks and rotate tmpfs data back to disc.
  enable	Autostart daemon when system comes up.
  disable	Remove daemon from the list of autostart daemons.

Calling `psd p` on my system:

Profile-sync-daemon v5.36.3 on Arch Linux.

Daemon file /run/psd is present.
Service is currently active.

Psd will manage the following per /etc/psd.conf settings:

 browser/psname:  chromium/chromium
 owner/group:     graysky/users
 sync target:     /home/graysky/.config/chromium
 tmpfs dir:       /tmp/graysky-chromium
 profile size:    84M

Last edited by graysky (2013-06-28 20:08:03)

jose1711 · 2013-06-28 20:11:38

i can't help thinking that your browser is playing dirty tricks on you. please search for "33M" in this page - you should see it immediately.

$ grep -v ^# /etc/psd.conf

USERS="jose"

BROWSERS="chromium"

graysky · 2013-06-28 20:17:20

@jose - That is spooky. In firefox, your code output is truncated; in chromium, I can see a scroll bar. Very odd!

Everything looks fine for your setup. Do this:

1) Stop psd
2) Post the output of `ls -l ~/.config | grep chrom`
3) Post the output of `ls -la /tmp`

jose1711 · 2013-06-28 20:39:51

[jose@olivia ~]$ ls -l ~/.config | grep chrom
drwx------ 4 jose users  4096 jún 28 00:09 chromium
drwx------ 5 jose users 12288 jún 28 00:09 chromium-backup
[jose@olivia ~]$ ls -la /tmp
celkom 36
drwxrwxrwt 20 root root   580 jún 28 22:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root  4096 jún 26 19:50 ..
drwxrwxrwx  2 jose users   60 jún 28 15:53 dumps
drwx------  2 jose users   60 jún 28 14:05 .esd-1000
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users    4 jún 28 14:05 fluxgui_jose.pid
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users    0 jún 28 14:05 fluxlog.txt
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root    40 jún 28 14:04 .font-unix
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users 4215 jún 28 21:25 gameoverlayrenderer.log
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users 2903 jún 28 18:12 gameoverlayrenderer.log.last
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users 1247 jún 28 21:25 gameoverlayui.log
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users  612 jún 28 18:12 gameoverlayui.log.last
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users    0 jún 28 21:40 .google-talk-plugin-jose.lock
drwxr-xr-x  2 jose users   60 jún 28 21:57 hsperfdata_jose
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root    60 jún 28 14:05 .ICE-unix
drwxr-xr-x  6 jose users  120 jún 28 21:57 JMapViewerTiles_jose
drwxr-xr-x  2 jose users   40 jún 28 14:04 jose-chromium
-rw-------  1 jose users 1401 jún 28 19:29 Kl4s0VPw.wml.part
drwx------  2 jose users   40 jún 28 14:46 mc-jose
drwx------  2 jose users   40 jan  1  1970 orbit-jose
drwx------  2 jose users   40 jún 28 21:42 plugtmp
drwx------  2 jose users   60 jún 28 14:05 ssh-PuzT7hXGz4hz
drwx------  3 root root    60 jún 28 14:04 systemd-private-m9tdme
drwx------  3 root root    60 jún 28 14:05 systemd-private-V9yRIW
drwx------  3 root root    60 jún 28 14:04 systemd-private-y0WTNo
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root    40 jún 28 14:04 .Test-unix
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root    40 jún 28 14:04 .XIM-unix
-r--r--r--  1 root root    11 jún 28 14:04 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root    60 jún 28 14:04 .X11-unix
drwxr-xr-x  2 jose users   40 jún 28 21:42 yaourt-tmp-jose

graysky · 2013-06-28 21:46:21

OK. Based on your output, you do not have any symlinks in ~/.config but two copies of the profile for some reason. Do this:

1) Verify that the daemon is stopped, `psd p | grep run` which should return a value of:

Daemon file /run/psd is not present.

If the output says that it is in fact present, you didn't stop psd.

2) `mv ~/.config/chromium-backup ~/.config/chromium-backup-stalled`
3) `mv /tmp/jose-chromium ~/.config/jose-chromium-from-tmp-stalled`

This should effectively return your system to the native state. Now start psd and again post the output of:
4) Post the output of `ls -l ~/.config | grep chrom`
5) Post the output of `ls -la /tmp`

jose1711 · 2013-06-28 21:53:48

[jose@olivia ~]$ ls -l ~/.config | grep chrom
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jose users    18 jún 28 23:52 chromium -> /tmp/jose-chromium
drwx------ 4 jose users  4096 jún 28 00:09 chromium-backup
drwx------ 5 jose users 12288 jún 28 00:09 chromium-backup-stalled
drwxr-xr-x 2 jose users  4096 jún 28 14:04 jose-chromium-from-tmp-stalled
[jose@olivia ~]$ ls -la /tmp
celkom 40
drwxrwxrwt 20 root root   580 jún 28 23:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root  4096 jún 26 19:50 ..
drwxrwxrwx  2 jose users   60 jún 28 15:53 dumps
drwx------  2 jose users   60 jún 28 14:05 .esd-1000
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users    4 jún 28 22:52 fluxgui_jose.pid
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users 2020 jún 28 22:53 fluxlog.txt
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root    40 jún 28 14:04 .font-unix
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users 2638 jún 28 23:26 gameoverlayrenderer.log
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users 4389 jún 28 23:17 gameoverlayrenderer.log.last
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users  612 jún 28 23:26 gameoverlayui.log
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users 1767 jún 28 23:17 gameoverlayui.log.last
-rw-r--r--  1 jose users    0 jún 28 21:40 .google-talk-plugin-jose.lock
drwxr-xr-x  2 jose users   40 jún 28 22:40 hsperfdata_jose
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root    60 jún 28 14:05 .ICE-unix
drwxr-xr-x  6 jose users  120 jún 28 21:57 JMapViewerTiles_jose
drwx------  4 jose users  360 jún 28 00:09 jose-chromium
-rw-------  1 jose users 1401 jún 28 19:29 Kl4s0VPw.wml.part
drwx------  2 jose users   40 jún 28 14:46 mc-jose
drwx------  2 jose users   40 jan  1  1970 orbit-jose
drwx------  2 jose users   40 jún 28 22:43 plugtmp
drwx------  2 jose users   60 jún 28 14:05 ssh-PuzT7hXGz4hz
drwx------  3 root root    60 jún 28 14:04 systemd-private-m9tdme
drwx------  3 root root    60 jún 28 14:05 systemd-private-V9yRIW
drwx------  3 root root    60 jún 28 14:04 systemd-private-y0WTNo
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root    40 jún 28 14:04 .Test-unix
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root    40 jún 28 14:04 .XIM-unix
-r--r--r--  1 root root    11 jún 28 14:04 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root    60 jún 28 14:04 .X11-unix
drwxr-xr-x  2 jose users   40 jún 28 21:42 yaourt-tmp-jose

graysky · 2013-06-28 23:08:03

Looks good now. When you are 100 % sure that everything is good and that your profile is intact, you can delete both the temp dirs:

chromium-backup-stalled
jose-chromium-from-tmp-stalled

Tell me, do you get the error you originally saw now?

jose1711 · 2013-06-29 06:13:42

thank you, seems to be working fine. now the only thing which relates to psd is:

Jun 29 08:09:40 olivia systemd[1]: Started Profile-sync-daemon.

graysky · 2013-06-29 10:18:21

YW. That is exactly what you should see.

% status psd  
psd.service - Profile-sync-daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/psd.service; enabled)
   Active: active (exited) since Sat 2013-06-29 06:13:12 EDT; 4min 34s ago
     Docs: man:psd(1)
           man:profile-sync-daemon(1)
           https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Profile-sync-daemon
  Process: 517 ExecStart=/usr/bin/profile-sync-daemon sync (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Jun 29 06:13:12 ease systemd[1]: Started Profile-sync-daemon.

Mindstormscreator · 2013-06-29 21:38:46

Any plans for dwb support soon? Thought I could get away with using anything-sync-daemon, lost my profile lol

graysky · 2013-06-29 22:17:37

Mindstormscreator wrote:

Any plans for dwb support soon?

Never heard of it... how large is its profile dir? Frankly, I added support for another 'obscure' browser and realized while testing that its profile was tiny and not really worthy of syncing. Can't remember which one, but it's in there.

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