Ubuntu
ecryptfs-utils package

  1. Bug #372014
  2. Comment #49

Comment 49 for bug 372014

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Doug (illusion65) wrote : Re: errors in dmesg

I've used Lucid since March with an encrypted $HOME and no problems until today. Last night, Transmission couldn't start a download because there was not enough disk space. I freed space and tried to restart the torrent, but Transmission froze and became "defunct". I didn't know how to kill that process ('kill -9' didn't work) so I rebooted and Transmission ran fine. This morning I began having problems with this bug.

I had ~1600 zero-length files in my home directory (and I deleted those related to the Transmission lockup), but only one in $HOME/.Private/ --- I deleted that one, too, but that didn't stop the eCrypt error logging.

After a little more experimenting, I found that it only occurs when Skype is running. I've deleted all the ~/.Skype/ zero-length files (locks), but every restart of Skype brings back the errors. Now I'm suspicious about the Transmission "cause", but I'm sure I didn't have the problem on Friday, since I check dmesg regularly while as part of my work.

Let me know if more information is needed. This is annoying enough to reinstall my $HOME unencrypted if not resolved relatively soon.

Thanks,
Doug