On 13/03/12 21:00, Will Stephenson wrote:

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Dolphin is an excellent file manager and I love it, but in some cases it really behaves bad. In most cases it doesn't show the newly plugged devices. Nautilus, on the other hand does show it. So, is there a bug or Dolphin is not perfect enough? More details, please. What kind of devices? Does the Device Notifier

On Tuesday 13 Mar 2012 08:24:33 Swapnil Bhartiya wrote: plasmoid show the plugged devices? Does "solid-hardware list" show the udis of the newly plugged hardware?

WIll

One hassle with Dolphin keeps coming up on occasions and it is that when one copies a file across to another directory, for example, or saves a file to a directory (as from an w-mail say) that file is does not immediately appear in Dolphin. It only appears if you exit Dolphin and start it again - then the file appears. I suspect that this is the same as may be happening with Swapnil - although whenever I plug in a device (USB) I am asked if I want to open it with Dolphin to which I always answer YES because it is the only way that the device is actually mounted and available for use in mc (Midnight Commander) and, of course, the files on that USB are automatically displayed in Dolphin. AH! It just occurred to me. If after plugging in the USB device and NOT open it with Dolphin then it does not show up in Dolphin or anywhere - because it has not been mounted. BC -- The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar. Niccolo Machiavelli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 14/03/12 11:52, Rajko M. wrote:

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:38:42 +1100 Basil Chupin wrote:

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AH! It just occurred to me. If after plugging in the USB device and NOT open it with Dolphin then it does not show up in Dolphin or anywhere - because it has not been mounted. How about mounting device using icon in Device Manager that is right from listed device name.

Also, mounting of removable devices is configurable in Device Manager. Right click on the Device Manager icon in a system tray and choose Device Notifier Settings. In a new window go to vertical tab Removable Devices where you can: 1) Enable automatic mounting. 2) Select what types of devices should be automatically mounted, or what particular devices should be mounted.

There is a plethora of options.

Thanks, Rajko, for reminding me about the Removable Devices in the System Settings. I have never used this option before but have now activated it. (Still the question as to why new added files do not immediately show up in Dolphin but that is another story for another time.......) BC -- The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar. Niccolo Machiavelli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 14/03/12 15:09, Rajko M. wrote:

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:51:26 +1100 Basil Chupin wrote:

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(Still the question as to why new added files do not immediately show up in Dolphin but that is another story for another time.......) Well that is obviously bug. Refreshing directory on event that content was changed is this days something that anyone expects. It was present for years in previous incarnations of file managers.

Present in earlier copies of file managers? Hadn't noticed this. It is certainly NOT present in mc (Midnight Commander) which is what I use 99.9% of the time when I need to do something with a directory or a file. (Now, if someone could come up with a clone of Power File Gold (Windows app.) for Linux.......aaah, *that* would be really great! :-) .) BC -- The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar. Niccolo Machiavelli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org