On Sat, Jan 22, 2000 at 06:06:20PM -0600, Guy T. Rice wrote:
> David Faure wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> I do have a vfat partition, so I followed the steps above (using a non-empty
> folder from my desktop, but not Templates since I have no such folder on my
> desktop) to attempt to duplicate the problem. However, I failed to
> duplicate it -- kfm worked perfectly for me. I'm running Mandrake 7.0
> (Air), and my vfat partition is mounted thusly:
>
> /dev/hda3 /mnt/windows vfat noexec,uid=99,gid=99,umask=000,quiet
>
> Note, I did not get a ".directory" file in the copied folder, but there
> wasn't one in the original, either. So I changed the properties on the
> original to display a different background, which sure enough caused a
> ".directory" file to be created in the original. I tried it again. It
> still copied just fine. I can't seem to duplicate the problem here.
Glad to hear that :-)
But it doesn't solve the problem for the ones who have it... :(
--
David FAURE
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