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Hi,

I'm also affected by this bug, on a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10
Oneiric Ocelot.

In my case, I use a bunch of LVM2 logical volumes to store my files.
Each volume holds a "collection" of related files, so its size
intentionally fits its contents as close as possible : in order words,
most of my logical volumes intentionally have as few free space as
possible.

If I need more space in a "collection", I extend the corresponding
logical volume. If I need to store a new "collection" of related files,
I create a new logical volume.

Those logical volumes are all specified in my /etc/fstab : as you can
see, this warning can quickly get *very* annoying, as it pops up for
every single collection I have.

The following gconf settings don't have any effect :
- /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/housekeeping/active => setting to 0 doesn't prevent the dialog to appear
- /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/housekeeping/free_size_gb_no_notify => the granularity is too large (it is an integer, not a float)
- /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/housekeeping/ignore_paths => correctly filled, but no effect : in my case, this setting would be the most useful, since I still want to be informed for "normal" file systems.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/881376

Title:
  "Low disk space" warning popping up repeatedly.

Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot.
  Since that upgrade, I repeatedly get the warning

  "Low Disk Space"
  "The volume "..." has only [..] MB disk space remaining.
  This is for a few Windows partitions on a multiboot machine, which I mount by default on Linux startup.

  The problem:
  - I could not care less about disk space on these partitions, while on Linux. I want to take care of them while on Windows.
  - The dialog is showing up repeatedly for the same disk.
  - It's a disruptive popup dialog, instead of being a more subtle bubble notification (this is being discussed in a feature request somewhere on launchpad).
  - The "Don't show any warnings again for this file system" does not have any effect. Yes, it does change a setting somewhere in system settings, but the popup will show up nevertheless.
  - Trying to change the threshold or the exclude directories via system settings did not help either.
  - I did not find how to uninstall or disable this new "feature".

  This is just one of the many things that make the new 11.10 a horrible
  experience for me.

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