Linux @lemmy.ml Affidavit @lemm.ee 1w ago

What's with the cross?

Hi.

Does anyone know why is there a red cross on the icon here?

This device is a Corsair USB flash drive. I initially thought it may be because the data was corrupted as there were a couple of years where it remained unconnected and I know SSD does not like that. But I formatted the drive (ExFAT) and it still shows up with a red cross in Nemo file manager.

Any idea what this actually means?

Thanks for any insight.

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I assumed that's the "no icon" placeholder for Gnome. I saw it around as well.
- For reference, this is what the "Checking for Updates" page on the Pop!_OS store looks like for me. This icon feels out of place, that's why I assumed this is a placeholder that replaced the correct icon that went missing due to some kind of minor problem with my installation.
  
  Thank you, this was helpful. I'm also using Pop!_OS, so this reinforces my belief that it's just a graphical issue. I also see this when checking for updates sometimes.
for me it looks like the icon is broken, if there's no other warning i'm sure the volume is working fine
- I reckon this is probably what the issue is. Maybe it's of a device type where an icon wasn't created or where some reference to the icon's image is broken. Thank you.
What desktop environment are you using?
It may be just the selection of the current drive you're in? Does it show an x on another drive when you select it?
- Thanks for responding, but no, I have 3 devices plugged in at the moment and the icons don't change regardless of which one I have selected. This is the only one with an 'x' icon. It doesn't appear to prevent me from using it, but I'm unsure if it's indicative of an issue with the device itself. Maybe it just means it isn't a recognised device. Kind of wish Nemo had tooltips or something.
Is it read only?
chatGPT says it's a permission error or a mount error. What if you try "sudo nemo" to check the icon?
- this is literally the exact kind of thing that chatgpt hallucinates. it’s not only not trustworthy, i’d bet on it being wrong
- Everything seems to be working fine and it mounts successfully. Thank you for the suggestion.
What desktop?
The correct answer is no 🙅‍♀️

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