After a recent update, I've now got two entries for "Loop Device" in my file manager. I've looked into what "Loop Device" is, and I don't see any obvious reason for it to be there. Did Kubuntu create it automatically, or have I accidentally done it somehow?
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Last edited by Jeremy_Ray; May 30, 2018, 07:21 AM. -
Did you install any Snap packages?Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes -
If you use mount OR lsblk in a Konsole you will see a loop device for every snap file you've installed.
And, even if you don't install a snap package, snap itself creates at least two, possibly three, loop devices, one for its core and one for snap's KDE-Framework.
After purging snapd (the daemon) you'll get SOMETHING this (I use Btrfs):Code:$ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT loop1 7:1 0 86.6M 1 loop /snap/core/4486 sdb 8:16 0 698.7G 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 0 698.6G 0 part loop2 7:2 0 221.6M 1 loop /snap/kde-frameworks-5/16 loop0 7:0 0 86.6M 1 loop /snap/core/4571 sdc 8:32 0 698.7G 0 disk └─sdc1 8:33 0 698.7G 0 part sda 8:0 0 698.7G 0 disk └─sda1 8:1 0 698.7G 0 part /home
If you don't use or plan to use snap then you can uninstall it.Code:$ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sdb 8:16 0 698.7G 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 0 698.6G 0 part sdc 8:32 0 698.7G 0 disk └─sdc1 8:33 0 698.7G 0 part sda 8:0 0 698.7G 0 disk └─sda1 8:1 0 698.7G 0 part /home
That's one reason why I prefer AppImage.Last edited by GreyGeek; May 14, 2018, 06:15 PM."A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.Comment
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Indeed I did. If that's where the Loop Devices came from, I won't worry about it.Comment
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It seems I've spoken too soon. I started out with two loop devices, now I have five. These things breed like rabbits. How do I get rid of them?Comment
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https://askubuntu.com/questions/1011...-the-same-snap
There are eight loop devices in /dev/ (0 through 7) plus a loop controller. They can be used and reused as many times as is needed. For snap loops:
In speaking with Ubuntu developers, the current default is to keep three prior versions of a snap so that you can roll-back to a prior version if needed. This default setting is not configurable. You can use the command snap remove --revision=<an old one> snapname to remove an older revision of a snap.
They are considering whether to have only the current snap mounted as a loop filesystem, but I don't know the status of that."A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.Comment
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Yes, I'm getting these loop devices too. This clearly needs fixing. I understand this was fixed in Gnome when they started appearing in there.
Fortunately it's already been reported as a bug here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379516
and here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical...e/+bug/1666893Comment
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