Thanks Theodore for the explanation, and thanks Niels for updating the package hint from e2fsprogs to ubuntu.
What I suggest is:
1. The user should get notified that a fsck is going on, and that the partition will not be available until the check finishes. I consider this as a bug and not a simple wishlist item, as a user that is not aware of this behaviour may think that he/she has lost data or have some other serious problem. I have no idea how this could be implemented, but I guess it should be possible to somehow pass a message through libnotify (if that is what gives the notifications in the gnome-panel notification tray and it's kde/xfce counterparts).
2. If possible, give a progress indicator that shows the progress of fsck (this would be a wishlist item, but one that would be even better than just giving a simple text notification).
3. Have the option to cancel and reschedule the disk check. I suggest this only because it is possible to do so during the boot-time checks in jaunty, and there may be users that really want this option. This is a wishlist item that I don't see as important, and of course if this would be implemented this option should only be given to members of the admin group and it should ask for the password.
Thanks Theodore for the explanation, and thanks Niels for updating the package hint from e2fsprogs to ubuntu.
What I suggest is:
1. The user should get notified that a fsck is going on, and that the partition will not be available until the check finishes. I consider this as a bug and not a simple wishlist item, as a user that is not aware of this behaviour may think that he/she has lost data or have some other serious problem. I have no idea how this could be implemented, but I guess it should be possible to somehow pass a message through libnotify (if that is what gives the notifications in the gnome-panel notification tray and it's kde/xfce counterparts).
2. If possible, give a progress indicator that shows the progress of fsck (this would be a wishlist item, but one that would be even better than just giving a simple text notification).
3. Have the option to cancel and reschedule the disk check. I suggest this only because it is possible to do so during the boot-time checks in jaunty, and there may be users that really want this option. This is a wishlist item that I don't see as important, and of course if this would be implemented this option should only be given to members of the admin group and it should ask for the password.