[Kmymoney-devel] odd backup error

[Thomas Baumgart]

Jack,

On Saturday 18 April 2015 16:44:38 Jack wrote:

> On 2015.04.18 09:11, Thomas Baumgart wrote:
> > On Saturday 18 April 2015 08:37:48 Jack wrote:
> > > On 2015.04.18 02:10, Thomas Baumgart wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 16 April 2015 11:52:10 Jack wrote:
> >>>> I just tried to backup my file and got an error about failure to
> >>>> mount the directory.  (Of course I didn't copy the exact
> >>>> wording....)  The only problem is that the directory is just a
> >>>> folder two levels below my home directory, and doesn't need
> >>>> mounting, and I did not check the box about needing mounting, and
> >>>> backup has worked fine for years.  This is the second time this
> >>>> has happened, and simply restarting KMM fixed the problem both
> >>>> times.  I have not otherwise noticed anything strange about files
> >>>> or partitions or mounts.  If it happens again, are there any
> >>>> specific things I can check to try and figure out the cause?
> >>> 
> >>> That is strange. In case the mount option is unchecked, a simple
> >>> 'echo' replaces the mount command. This is just so that the next
> >>> step in the process can be triggered by the successful finish of a
> >>> command (mount or echo in this case). The scenario you describe
> >>> would happen, when the 'echo' command returns an exit code other
> >>> than 0 (why should it) or the KProcess exitStatus differs from
> >>> QProcess::NormalExit. I can't image why either of the two should
> >>> happen.
> >> 
> >> I think that gave me the answer, but I won't have time to test until
> >> this evening.  For years, I only ran KMM started from the start menu
> >> or an icon.  Recently, however, I've left those methods to start the
> >> distro installed version, and have a git version installed in a
> >> different location which I have to start with a script, from command
> >> line.  I suspect if I close that console, then the echo will fail
> >> because KMMs stdout has gone away.
> >> 
> > > I'll confirm this after I test later.
> > 
> > That would be fine. In that case, we need to use a different command
> > or mechanism to solve the problem.
> 
> I can confirm this is the issue.  I had never noticed before, but if
> KMM is launched from command line, when you do a file/backup, it does
> echo a newline to the console.  If I put KMM in the background, it
> behaves the same.  However, if I then close the console from which I
> launched it, trying to do a backup gives a popup "Error mounting
> device."

I was trying to duplicate this behavior, but whatever I do to put KMyMoney 
into the background and close the console will also close KMyMoney. I guess, I 
will learn something new when you describe how you do that exactly. I am using 
Konsole as the terminal program.

> Would the easiest change be to 'echo > /dev/null' ?  You might also
> just use the "true" command, but I don't know if that is present on all
> OSs where KDE runs.

I will figure out something, once I am able to duplicate the problem. I am 
glad that we finally know what causes the problem. I had never thought of your 
use case.

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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