Gparted locks EVERY partition to the launcher when launched - UGLY useless CLUTTER

[Ernie 07]

Gparted locks EVERY partition to the launcher when launched - UGLY useless CLUTTER

64-bit gparted via 1210 3.5.0-17-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 9 19:31:23 UTC 2012 fails
64-bit gparted via 1304 3.8.0-16-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 1 19:52:57 UTC 2013 fails

64-bit gparted via 1204 3.5.0-26-generic #42~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 11 22:17:58 UTC 2013 functions correctly

This change may have occurred to assist a user who is too naive or lazy to mount a partition.
Please provide an option to disable this UGLY useless CLUTTER

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

not a file-roller issuer

[Curtis Gedak (gedakc)]

Would you be able to describe this problem in another way?

I do not know what you mean by "Gparted locks EVERY partition to the launcher".
Perhaps a screen shot would help?

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

Assume a desktop system with multiple hard drives where each hard drive contains several ext4 partitions.
Mounting a single one of those partitions under 12.04 will result in ONLY the icon for the newly mounted partition to be temporarily added to the launcher icons. When that partition is unmounted, the icon will go away. Launching gparted will NOT cause an icon for one or more partitions to be added to the launcher. When gparted is used to unmount a partition, that partition's icon will be removed. Correct behavior.

Change the environment to a LiveCD or an installed version of 12.10 or 13.04 and things change drastically. Launching gparted will cause ALL partitions on the drive containing the currently running OS to be locked to the launcher. However, the swap partition and the partition containing the currently running OS will not be included.

1. Gracefully shutting down gparted will NOT cause the unwanted icons to be removed.
2. Restarting the OS will NOT cause the unwanted icons to be removed.

In defense of gparted, this appears to be the default behavior for a LiveCD and for an initial start following a fresh install. Fixing this problem will kill two birds with one stone.

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

Phillip,

Thanks for clarifying that the Unity behavior in 1166996 is by design. Since it changed significantly from 12.04 the design change was interpreted as a bug.

As for 1167002, Gparted exhibits similar behavior which is a real pain.

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

In addition to 12.10 and 13.04, this bug also manifests in 64-bit 1310 3.9.0-0-generic #4-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 2 21:43:59 UTC 2013

How can I disable this behavior?

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

In addition to 12.10 and 13.04, this bug also manifests in 64-bit 1310

3.8.0-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 16 15:17:14 UTC 2013

How can I disable this behavior?

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

This CLUTTER-BUG still exists in 13.04 Gparted 0.12.1 and 13.10dev Gparted 0.14.1

Locking every partition on the disk containing the currently running OS except for the swap partition results in CLUTTER. Please provide a way for this unwanted behavior to be disabled.

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

Please read and understand the warning on the screen directly above the comment box:

Remember, this bug report is a duplicate of bug #1060484.
Comment here only if you think the duplicate status is wrong.