[Thunar-dev] Desktop Refresh

[Jelle de Jong]

Some info about the problem:

I run Xubuntu 6.10 problem was there to on Xubuntu 6.06

I have a directory located at /mnt/hda3/desktop

I have done a:

ln -s ~/Desktop /mnt/hda3/desktop

Now if I create a file with thunar in the directory ~/Desktop
And I go to my main Desktop the file will not be there.
I have to refresh the Desktop like this:

Desktop is not been refreshed. If you go to Menu->Settings->Display
Settings. And let xfce manage your desktop and turns that on and off it
will refresh your desktop.

If you for example create or remove a file on your desktop and will go
with thunar to ~/Desktop the files are good and synchronized.

The problem is if you create a or remove a file from in thunar or with
the command line in ~/Desktop. The desktop will not refresh automatic.

What can we do about it? Can someone confirm this by testing?

Luzius Thoeny wrote:
> Alex Wenzel wrote:
>> Mike Massonnet wrote:
>>   
>>> On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 05:26:59PM +0100, Alex Wenzel wrote:
>>>     
>>>> So is there a way to make it refresh regularly (in the sense of
>>>> set-up-and-forget-about-it)?
>>>> And could someone give me instructions for that?
>>>>       
>>   
>>> No.  But you can compile it with the support of a File System Monitor
>>> like gamin (this one is preferred) or FAM.  It will automatically update
>>> the content when modifications occur in the directory.
>>>     
>> It makes me look like an idiot, but the only thing I compiled to date
>> was a shopping list (I'm still a Linux newbie and certainly no
>> programmer). Could I get an explanation in baby steps? Please.
>> And after the kernel is compiled, how would one proceed?
>>
>> (Yes, I did visit the gamin home page. But it didn't increase my
>> knowledge very much.)
> 
> Thunar is already compiled with gamin on Xubuntu (which you said you 
> were using), so don't bother to compile it (let alone the kernel) by 
> yourself. If the desktop does not refresh automatically, it must be a 
> bug. Could you explain a bit more in depth which actions cause the problem?
> 
> Dragging/Deleting icons on the desktop works just as expected on my own 
> Xubuntu 6.10 system.
> 
> 
> luzi
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