feat(drive-health): manage collector with plugin lifecycle (#129)
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@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ use the same dialog. Disabling Full SMART in settings makes Drive Health ignore
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the collector cache; use **Stop background service** to stop an installed timer
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as well.
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Plugin lifecycle actions also reconcile the installed collector. Enabling or
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re-enabling Drive Health starts it when Full SMART is enabled, disabling the
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plugin pauses it, and uninstalling an enabled plugin removes it. Each privileged
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action uses the desktop authorization dialog. Reloading Drive Health or stopping
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Noctalia leaves the system timer unchanged. If authorization is cancelled or
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fails, the collector remains in its prior state and Drive Health reports the
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failure when its runtime is still available.
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Expand a drive for detailed counters, trend history, per-drive preferences,
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and SMART self-tests. A self-test requires explicit confirmation and a Polkit
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authorization prompt, then runs in the background while progress and its final
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@@ -124,9 +132,14 @@ self-tests are separate, explicitly authorized firmware operations. They can
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take minutes or hours, may increase drive activity, and should not be confused
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with filesystem repair or data recovery.
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To remove the optional collector, use **Remove collector** in its controls and
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approve the desktop authorization dialog. Removing the Noctalia entry alone
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does not silently remove system files.
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To remove the optional collector explicitly, use **Remove collector** in its
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controls and approve the desktop authorization dialog. Uninstalling Drive Health
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while it is enabled requests the same cleanup. Because the plugin cannot wait
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for an authorization dialog after its runtime is destroyed, a cancelled or
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failed uninstall authorization leaves the collector installed; reinstall the
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plugin and use **Remove collector** to retry. If the plugin was disabled first,
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its service is no longer running and cannot receive the uninstall event; use
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the collector control before disabling in that sequence.
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