Bug 420614

Summary:	Devices panel: "Hard disk of xxx.x GiB" displays a strange xxx.x value (NOT being GiB)
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Valdo <gnu4ever>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	minor	CC:	danfrantes, dolphin-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	19.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Valdo 2020-04-26 11:33:36 UTC

SUMMARY
Wrong calculation of disk partitions' capacity?

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
The "Hard disk" I'm mentioning is actually a disk partition.
Command 'df -k' lists a capacity of 294243128 blocks of 1K (that is, 280,6 GiB) for a given partition.

OBSERVED RESULT
Dolphin's "Devices" panel displays 286.1 GiB (wrong) for that partition.

Note: same issue (if confirmed to be an issue - in all cases, pretty misleading) observed with kdepartitionmanager, showing 286.10 GiB.
On the other hand, the Device properties (in Dolphin) show a capacity of 280,6 GiB (correct).

EXPECTED RESULT
According to me, Dolphin's "Devices" panel should display 280,6 GiB.

Note: the same expected result goes for kdepartitionmanager.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0
Qt Version: 5.12.8

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Not sure whether there is a link with Bug 292795 or not (KDE4 at the time).

Comment 1 Valdo 2020-04-26 11:41:18 UTC

Sorry for mixing , (comma) and . (dot) in my report for the decimal separator. In French, a comma is used, in English it's a dot :)

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2020-05-14 02:50:28 UTC

Does the size shown in the Devices panel come from Solid?

Comment 3 daniel 2025-10-29 19:30:21 UTC

Hello, 
it is still a thing in Plasma 6.5?

Comment 4 Valdo 2025-10-30 22:13:43 UTC

In Plasma 6.3.6 (I don't have a newer version at hand):
- In Dolphin, a device Properties show the right capacity (expressed in GiB). So I consider this part as being FIXED.
- In KDE Partitions Manager, the same device still shows a wrong value (greater than what I would expect).
Note: I'm now running Debian (compared to 5 years ago), but I don't think it makes any difference.

Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2025-11-14 03:47:52 UTC

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Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2025-11-29 03:46:13 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.