Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:13:03 +1300 From: James Butler <sweetnavelorange@gmail.com> To: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Minor problems with Xfce Message-ID: <20081014091303.666a957c@jamesb.kiwiplan.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <48F3A831.8060401@gmail.com> References: <f0dd9eb90810130253s3a130573lb827c5765954a4e0@mail.gmail.com> <48F33795.20008@gmail.com> <20081014083534.1e776dd9@jamesb.kiwiplan.co.nz> <48F3A831.8060401@gmail.com>
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Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> wrote: > James Butler wrote: > > Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> 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
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