On Friday 15 Mar 2013 01:18:03 Francisco Ares wrote:
> Hello.
>
> During some months now, this machine was (and still is, sometimes)
> suffering from a strange progressive lock down. It always has begun with
> the web browser, passing to the whole X environment, and finally I could
> not even use a console.
>
> After several trial and error actions, as no log entry could give any hint
> on what is going on, it seems that I found something consistent.
>
> This machine is a dual-boot Linux/Windows, as my wife once in a while needs
> to work on a Windows O.S. . The lock down starts when she saves a file
> received by e-mail in a ntfs-3g mounted partition, so that file would also
> be accessible whenever she uses Windows.
>
> The reason why I suspect of ntfs-3g is that when the lock down starts, that
> is, if only the web browser locks, just unmounting (and mounting back
> later) that partition, recovers the web browser functionality. Sometimes,
> when the lock down has already affected the whole graphic environment, but
> I still may use a console, again unmounting that same partition also
> unlocks everithing.
>
> I have already tried to emerge ntfs-3g with different use flags, but the
> problem persists. Even built a new kernel and re-emerged ntfs-3g after
> that. Now ntfs-3g package is using its own "fuse".
>
> I would really appreciate any hints on what to do or where to look for any
> more information on this subject. Perhaps I am still looking at an effect,
> and not the cause.
>
> Thanks
> Francisco