Xfce How can I disable gvfs daemon?

nxjoseph · 2026-01-02T13:19:24+0000

Hi,

I have recently installed x11-wm/xfce4 and I often use ports-mgmt/poudriere but in the output of some poudriere command, i saw that poudriere can't unmount their thingies and looked at the lsof(8) output immediately, then I saw gvfs doing something there, like what the duck are you trying to find there? So my question is, how can I prevent it from running or only don't allow it to act like this?

Code:

# lsof | grep poudriere
xfdesktop  2822      yusuf   79      VDIR  2036565883,747626162           6      34 /poudriere (zroot/poudriere)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  135      VDIR  2036565883,747626162           6      34 /poudriere (zroot/poudriere)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  136      VDIR 3003892735,1287184012           6      34 /poudriere/data (zroot/poudriere/data)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  137      VDIR  3765153628,510778955           5      34 /poudriere/jails (zroot/poudriere/jails)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  138      VREG  2036565883,747626162         692     256 /poudriere/packages (zroot/poudriere)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  139      VREG  2036565883,747626162          34       3 /poudriere/packagesi386 (zroot/poudriere)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  140      VDIR 3003892735,1287184012           6      34 /poudriere/data (zroot/poudriere/data)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  141      VDIR 3003892735,1287184012           3       2 /poudriere/data/.m (zroot/poudriere/data)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  142      VDIR 3003892735,1287184012           4     774 /poudriere/data/cache (zroot/poudriere/data)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  143      VDIR 3003892735,1287184012           3       5 /poudriere/data/logs (zroot/poudriere/data)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  144      VDIR 3003892735,1287184012           4     128 /poudriere/data/packages (zroot/poudriere/data)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  459      VDIR  3765153628,510778955           5      34 /poudriere/jails (zroot/poudriere/jails)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  460      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402          25      34 /poudriere/jails/143amd64 (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  461      VDIR  3765153628,510778955           2       2 /poudriere/jails/143i386 (zroot/poudriere/jails)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  462      VDIR  3765153628,510778955           2       3 /poudriere/jails/150amd64 (zroot/poudriere/jails)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  463      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402          25      34 /poudriere/jails/143amd64 (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  464      VREG 3864694715,4196261402        1165     274 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/.cshrc (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  465      VREG 3864694715,4196261402           0   18146 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/.poudriere-snap-clean (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  466      VREG 3864694715,4196261402         495     256 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/.profile (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  467      VREG 3864694715,4196261402        6109     267 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/COPYRIGHT (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  468      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402          49     259 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/bin (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  469      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402          69     264 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/boot (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  470      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402           3     265 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/dev (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  471      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402         104     263 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/etc (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  472      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402          78     257 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/lib (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  473      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402           5     275 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/libexec (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  474      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402           2     262 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/media (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  475      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402           2     272 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/mnt (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  476      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402           2     260 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/net (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  477      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402           2   32773 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/poudriere (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  478      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402           2     270 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/proc (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  479      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402         150     268 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/rescue (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  480      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402          10     271 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/root (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  481      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402         150     261 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/sbin (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  482      VLNK 3864694715,4196261402         0t0     273 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/sys (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  483      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402           2   32898 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/test (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  484      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402           2     269 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/tmp (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  485      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402          14     258 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/usr (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)
gvfsd-tra 36918      yusuf  486      VDIR 3864694715,4196261402          24     266 /poudriere/jails/143amd64/var (zroot/poudriere/jails/143amd64)

The Problem

Rich (BB code):

[00:00:08] Processing PRIORITY_BOOST
[00:00:08] Balancing pool
[143amd64-default] [2026-01-02_16h18m26s] [load_priorities] Queued: 0  Built: 0  Failed: 0  Skipped: 0  Ignored: 0  Fetched: 0  Tobuild: 0   Time: 00:00:08
[00:00:08] Recording filesystem state for prepkg... done
[00:00:08] Creating pkg repository
umount: unmount of /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/packages failed: Device busy
/poudriere/data/packages/143amd64-default/.building: unmount from /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/packages
Creating repository in /tmp/packages: 100%
Packing files for repository: 100%
[00:00:15] Committing packages to repository: /poudriere/data/packages/143amd64-default/.real_1767359921 via .latest symlink
[00:00:15] Removing old packages
[143amd64-default] [2026-01-02_16h18m26s] [committing] Queued: 0  Built: 0  Failed: 0  Skipped: 0  Ignored: 0  Fetched: 0  Tobuild: 0   Time: 00:00:14
[00:00:15] Logs: /poudriere/data/logs/bulk/143amd64-default/2026-01-02_16h18m26s
[00:00:15] Cleaning up
[00:00:15] Unmounting file systems
umount: unmount of /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/wrkdirs failed: Device busy
umount: unmount of /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/rescue failed: Device busy
umount: unmount of /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/proc failed: Device busy
umount: unmount of /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/distfiles failed: Device busy
umount: unmount of /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/dev failed: Device busy
umount: unmount of /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/.p failed: Device busy
tmpfs: unmount from /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/wrkdirs
/poudriere/jails/143amd64/rescue: unmount from /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/rescue
procfs: unmount from /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/proc
/usr/ports/distfiles: unmount from /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/distfiles
devfs: unmount from /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/dev
tmpfs: unmount from /poudriere/data/.m/143amd64-default/ref/.p

Phishfry · 2026-01-02T13:29:29+0000

It's junk. What was once minimalist is now bloat. Use another WM.
bsdisks is in there too
/sysutils/bsdisks/

Phishfry · 2026-01-02T13:36:28+0000

On my machine I mount a disk and then try to unmount it and it will not release disk if it was opened with Thunar.
I have to drop out of GUI and umount from command prompt.
Utter garbage.

nxjoseph · 2026-01-02T13:37:51+0000

I see, it seems it's the thing i definitely don't want, since it's doing something with my mounts without my permission. I still want to know if it's easy to disable or is it that a big problem that will make me ditch the whole xfce?

HayPhil · 2026-01-02T13:38:22+0000

I disable the AutoMount options in one file located in /usr/share/local/gvfs/mounts

Code:

root@jupiter ~# cat /usr/local/share/gvfs/mounts/trash.mount
[Mount]
Type=trash
Exec=/usr/local/libexec/gvfsd-trash
AutoMount=false

Maybe some other files are also concerned.

I would also be interested in disabling it

Alain De Vos · 2026-01-02T14:21:54+0000

I use icewm

Phishfry · 2026-01-02T14:32:45+0000

Anything without DBUS is ok by me.

shepper · 2026-01-02T14:45:01+0000

Phishfry said:
On my machine I mount a disk and then try to unmount it and it will not release disk if it was opened with Thunar.
I have to drop out of GUI and umount from command prompt.
Utter garbage.

A mount point will not be released if root or a user has an application, including a terminal/shell, accessing the content in the mount point. When you say you cannot unmount the disk, are you using the left click "eject/unmount" icon in Thunar's side panel? If the eject button does not work, then it is a FreeBSD bug. In Debian, you can unmount within Thunar.

shepper · 2026-01-02T14:48:58+0000

HayPhil said:
I disable the AutoMount options in one file located in /usr/share/local/gvfs/mounts

Code:

root@jupiter ~# cat /usr/local/share/gvfs/mounts/trash.mount [Mount] Type=trash Exec=/usr/local/libexec/gvfsd-trash AutoMount=false

Maybe some other files are also concerned.

I would also be interested in disabling it

In OpenBSD there is an automount daemon that has to be manually enabled. In Debian/Devuan, gvfs is an optional dependency and uninstalling it will remove automounting on all mount points. Not sure if FreeBSD has a separate automount daemon or if automounting is managed by dbus/gvfs. You can try removing the gvfs package which in Debian/Devuan disables automounting.

cracauer@ · 2026-01-02T15:09:30+0000

The way things are going with GNOME and friends I'm gonna make a variant of killall(1) that kills every process that starts with a "g".

Andrey Lanin · 2026-01-02T15:17:31+0000

When I used GNOME, I had the same problem. And before unmounting the drives, I did this:
killall -SIGQUIT gvfsd-trash

Now I use twm and I don't have this problem

Alain De Vos · 2026-01-02T15:18:58+0000

Damned i'm running /usr/local/libexec/gvfsd.
Gnome how dare you. You have stolen my childgood.

gnath · 2026-01-02T15:22:12+0000

nxjoseph said:
problem that will make me ditch the whole xfce

That is the baggage comes with every DE. Better try WM of your liking e.g openbox or other and use terminals.

fjdlr · 2026-01-02T16:04:48+0000

Well, to eliminate the problem of "things" that run unnecessarily, I use OpenBox with Polybar
Plank or Tint2
Ranger, MC, roller-filer or xfe

gnath · 2026-01-02T16:37:17+0000

I use lxterminal, xfe, come with xfw ( editor ) and few others . But can not avoid DBUS required by browsers.

T-Aoki · 2026-01-02T17:04:12+0000

HayPhil said:
I disable the AutoMount options in one file located in /usr/share/local/gvfs/mounts

Code:

root@jupiter ~# cat /usr/local/share/gvfs/mounts/trash.mount [Mount] Type=trash Exec=/usr/local/libexec/gvfsd-trash AutoMount=false

Maybe some other files are also concerned.

I would also be interested in disabling it

Thanks for the hint!

Maybe this patch would work. (Tested build and package only for now.)

Diff:

--- a/filesystems/gvfs/Makefile
+++ b/filesystems/gvfs/Makefile
@@ -85,5 +85,9 @@
 
 NFS_LIB_DEPENDS=    libnfs.so:net/libnfs
 NFS_MESON_TRUE=        nfs
+
+post-patch:
+    ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|AutoMount=true|AutoMount=false|' \
+        ${WRKSRC}/daemon/trash.mount.in
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>

Unfortunately, tabs seems to be improperly converted to spaces, so attaching zip, too.

Not sure which approach is better, found PR 267270 that make trash optional.

Xfce How can I disable gvfs daemon?

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