Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

2024-03-31 Thread Antti-Pekka Känsälä
I filed bug report 1068122. I feel fine, despite my concern over my data. Heartfelt thanks for all the advice!

Re: Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

2024-03-31 Thread Antti-Pekka Känsälä
I'm mounting and unmounting through the stick icon's menu on Xfce desktop. Maybe a fancy file chooser dialogue stays around analyzing the directory, as you suspect? But I'm worried my Gmail in Firefox is capable of stealing files off my USB stick.

Re: Re: Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

2024-03-30 Thread Antti-Pekka Känsälä
I'd just like to add that I have seen the problem despite reinstalls with Debian stable minor versions. Thanks!

Re: Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

2024-03-30 Thread Antti-Pekka Känsälä
I can replicate this, by trying to send Gmail to myself in Firefox, attaching a binary on a mounted USB stick. After the attachment supposedly was uploaded, I tried to unmount the stick, but it blocked. "lsof | grep -i KINGSTON" then shows a total of 129 lines from "x-www-browser". This lasted for

Re: Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

2024-03-30 Thread Antti-Pekka Känsälä
I was able to replicate this, by trying to send gmail to myself in Firefox, attaching a binary on a mounted USB stick. After the attachment supposedly was uploaded, I tried to unmount the stick, but it blocks. "lsof | grep -i KINGSTON" then shows a total of 129 lines from "x-www-browser". This last

Re: Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

2024-03-30 Thread Antti-Pekka Känsälä
Yes, closing Firefox does allow the stick to unmount cleanly, but I still worry.

Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

2024-03-30 Thread Antti-Pekka Känsälä
What could be the deal, when Firefox tries to stop me from unmounting a stick, after I've accessed files on it through Firefox? I worry about my stick security. Thanks.