https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388279
Bug ID: 388279
Summary: Folder view (plasmoid/desktop) doesn't refresh when
changes are made to a NTFS folder
Product: plasmashell
Version: master
Platform: unspecified
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: major
Priority: NOR
Component: Folder
Assignee: h...@kde.org
Reporter: wond.mat...@myself.com
CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 1.0
I always set up dual booting systems by replacing the Linux user folders
(Desktop, Documents, Pictures, etc.) with symbolic links to their corresponding
user folders in the Windows' filesystem, like this:
bash-4.1$ ls -l /home/pluto/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 1 pluto users 16 Dec 27 17:41 Desktop ->
/mnt/windows/Users/Pluto/Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 1 pluto users 18 Dec 27 17:41 Documents ->
/mnt/windows/Users/Pluto/Documents
drwxr-xr-x 1 pluto users 18 Dec 27 17:41 Downloads ->
/mnt/windows/Users/Pluto/Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 1 pluto users 14 Dec 27 17:41 Music ->
/mnt/windows/Users/Pluto/Music
drwxr-xr-x 1 pluto users 17 Dec 27 17:41 Pictures ->
/mnt/windows/Users/Pluto/Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 1 pluto users 15 Dec 27 17:41 Videos ->
/mnt/windows/Users/Pluto/Videos
Whenever new files/directories are created/deleted or moved to/from the Desktop
folder, this is not shown in the current view of the Desktop, and the only way
to see what changed is to right-click on the desktop and select "refresh" the
view from the menu.
It doesn't matter:
- whether using the default "classic" desktop view or the resizable Folder
View plasmoid;
- the program used for changing the contents of the Desktop directory: changes
can be made from terminal or Dolphin or even from the Desktop itself by
right-clicking on the icons and selecting for deleting items;
- the hardware in use (happens on ALL of my computers - no exceptions);
- the Linux distribution in use (happens in openSUSE, Ubuntu, Fedora and
others);
- the Windows/NTFS version in use (happens at least since Windows 7)
- the version of KDE/Plasma Shell (happens since as far as I can remember -
back in the KDE4 years - and up until now);
- the age of the operating system (happens on the newly installed OS, right
after the user folders are replaced with symlinks to the NTFS partition).
Please note:
as far as I can tell, this problem does NOT happen when the Desktop folder
resides on the Linux partition (I use EXT4 for the /home directory, but I never
leave the user folders there, so maybe native filesystems are also affected,
but I cannot tell for sure)
However, this problem is always reproducible when the desktop view points to
the Windows desktop.
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