From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 13 19:57:46 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 D3A811065692 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:57:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9A88FC2D for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:57:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so1313122fgb.35 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:57:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=j9OzgWWOVd0R0z0JQs0aELpaNCrBkApVx8sp480pXXU=; b=x7ZPWCThmVPN8km+vxjrYGoOHQKptRS4HqRxOrJZBqZUZT1vorenvGTC4xuTshcmBm JmyCUZ9QYCXxKOLGLcb0uvV7jYJo9uO/xHAQpgvvnUtemYSu5QOjqSgL1eMFqHOjl1uB ApHdezRhqJXTZkU9CZ5qEM9BwfX+4YeUUruRA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=R/9WRTpW47i7gVKNnchC0lZIXHwMFZ0VmLbNsSVPZZGEzFOsR8SRZyf4mll86zrrLO 9149xt5pzJhPieouwzdHKXBGBiR5UCVoVou0VJwU/ld1gXMj4HAcCJ7Sre6G44IGBc8V aJSLheXDBAH4rL8ushpwXFjP7mffrk+QB1SS0= Received: by 10.181.48.5 with SMTP id a5mr5054119bkk.96.1223927865061; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:57:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-324342.home.otenet.gr [85.72.122.148]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 13sm6985599fks.6.2008.10.13.12.57.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:57:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48F3A831.8060401@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:57:37 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081011) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Butler References: <48F33795.20008@gmail.com> <20081014083534.1e776dd9@jamesb.kiwiplan.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <20081014083534.1e776dd9@jamesb.kiwiplan.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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 19:57:46 -0000 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. P.S. Putting the questions list back on this