On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 09:08:50PM +0000, Civileme wrote:
> The situation is as follows
>
> Any system with linux-mandrake 6.0, 6.1 or 7.0 (Beta 5) And I
> don't know about AIR, with a mounted vfat partition accessible
> to the logged user in rw mode. AND it DOESN'T MATTER if you
> specify dotsOK=No or nodots in the mount or in /etc/fstab
>
> Try this
>
> 1. Open the mounted partition's directory in a kfm window.
>
> 2. Grab the Templates folder from your kde desktop (any
> non-empty folder will do but some won't copy because there are
> dotfiles in them {if you have nodots set}) and drag it to the
> mounted vfat open window. Select Move or Copy.
Better not move it away :)
> 3. You will see a message window indicating the file
> activity.
>
> 4. Kfm will freeze partway through redisplaying the vfat
> partition window
>
> 5. Kfm will continue to freeze every time you try to open the
> window
>
> Go to windows or to a console and look at the folder you
> dragged. You will find a .directory file there
>
> System function will return to normal once you delete that
> .directory file
Hello, I've had this bug reported a lot of times now,
since I'm the maintainer of kfm, and I still can't figure
how and why this happens.
Since I have no vfat partition, I can't reproduce nor
debug it.
Does your fstab has a 'convert' option for this partition ?
I've heard the created .directory file is empty. Is it true
for you ?
I've also heard about a .directory _directory_ (instead of a file).
But it seems it's not your case.
I'm still very puzzled by this bug. Writing to a vfat partition
worked fine the last time I had a vfat partition.
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