From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 13 20:13:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E81F21065690 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:13:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sweetnavelorange@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E8C8FC0C for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:13:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sweetnavelorange@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so1764478wfg.7 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:13:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Eky6nxUTZUsQs/badB97MVztgrz82DkOrPLuhjJ8FZ8=; b=Rv5O6HBmieiuxy7VXN+fED2EPC9XUJ5cRpwxBnC7pwZxCpyAW36ER7QfRoMX3jfrRy gcTBy55TZOG0mUT4D9p1KV2kCK/iBJyR1/GvGOlg7OzMZfwfGwt4f9i2KXqBZD6YusBy zzz9cKRQhkS3f2vPf9/tt2gZLjZOgwKUtx1fc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=EKxxtCsSx41FT0vaIrbfpy3838sGYCEnx/j8gteXbUnmBrrCmEXzHJrsYI+d3TTOcB vI2NcIHz+3EJPhIqg2li7cLvUs7XgT3tAxhbiG4WQ9KDFV3PbApyu+fYT+VJylaErVK+ YKQMajXKXM17MvzNhaL7ngfLZB1UTmfTBXBPc= Received: by 10.115.22.1 with SMTP id z1mr5934655wai.98.1223928791858; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:13:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jamesb.kiwiplan.co.nz (db.kiwiplan.co.nz [202.27.222.237]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g25sm21015951wag.4.2008.10.13.13.13.09 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:13:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:13:03 +1300 From: James Butler To: Manolis Kiagias Message-ID: <20081014091303.666a957c@jamesb.kiwiplan.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <48F3A831.8060401@gmail.com> References: <48F33795.20008@gmail.com> <20081014083534.1e776dd9@jamesb.kiwiplan.co.nz> <48F3A831.8060401@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Minor problems with Xfce X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:13:13 -0000 Manolis Kiagias wrote: > James Butler wrote: > > Manolis Kiagias wrote: > > > >> James Butler wrote: > >> > >>> My other problem is possibly unrelated, but any actions I perform > >>> which would remove or update icons on the desktop (deleting a > >>> file, emptying Trash) don't take effect until xfdesktop is > >>> restarted or I log out and then in. Any ideas? Notably, automatic > >>> detection and mounting of USB drives, which seems to be a fragile > >>> area for many HAL users, works perfectly for me. > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance, > >>> -James Butler > >>> > >>> > >> Just solved this one, quite silly it was ;) > >> It seems Thunar is not built with FAM (File Alteration Monitor) > >> support, hence it does not know when it needs to update folder > >> views (or the desktop for that matter). So, simply rebuild with > >> FAM: > >> > >> # cd /usr/ports/x11-fm/thunar > >> > >> # make config > >> > >> (Select FAM from the options dialog) > >> > >> # make deinstall reinstall > >> > >> Restart your X session. It will work then. > >> > > > > Aha! I will try this when I get home - thanks. Anyone know why > > Thunar does not default to using FAM/gamin? gamin doesn't look too > > heavy. > > > > Cheers, > > James Butler > > > > > > It seems the default options for Thunar do not include gamin for some > reason. Although I already had it installed anyway. If you installed > from packages, these are built with the default options, so not > having FAM support is expected. Sorry, yes that was my point - what is the reason for: FAM "Enable FAM support" off \ in the Makefile? I know KDE4 has had problems with FAM on FreeBSD, but I think that's the SGI FAM not gamin? It seems that Xfdesktop is slightly lost without it. > P.S. Putting the questions list back on this Oops, thanks. James Butler