[OpenIndiana-discuss] mate-system-monitor crashes

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

On 08/02/2023 22:07, Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] mate-system-monitor crashes,...:
>
> When I web search this error:
>
>>> unhandled exception (type Glib::Error) in signal handler:
>>> domain: g-io-error-quark
>>> code  : 0
>>> what  : Unable to find default local file monitor type
>
> I see hits for it for many Linux distros too, along with a similar variant
> for "directory" monitor type.
>
> I wasn't able to find any definitive fixes, most of the responses
> essentially amounted to voodoo.
>
> The Linux systems that experienced this error also had an exception and
> a segfault, so segfault may not be unique to OI or Illumos.  It might just
> be secondary to the "local file monitor type".
>
>> So the primary root cause may be something different.
>
> I think you're correct.
>

It's possible that glib wasn't compiled with inotify/fam support.
fam is important for NFS-mounted directories. Note this:

# gio monitor -d /
gio: file:///: Unable to find default local file monitor type

# gio monitor -m /a
gio: file:///: Unable to find default local file monitor type

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