FC3 - KDE - Desktop icons don't update

[ogetbilo]

I noticed this in FC3.
When I download some files using mozilla or firefox or something else (OR if I copy/move some files from other folders to the Desktop) they don't appear in Desktop; but I can see them in the Desktop folder in Konqueror. In order to show the files in Desktop I need to logout and log back in.
Is there a way to update the Desktop instantaneuosly (right-click on Desktop+ Refresh Desktop does not work too)?

[jmakis]

press Ctrl + R in desktop.

[ogetbilo]

Nobody has the same problem? Is this specific to me?

[crackers]

To be honest, most Linux users do not download to the desktop. That's a Windows-ism. In Unix-based systems (like Linux), the idea is that the desktop is for desktop-specific items, like programs and launcher icons: it's not a catch-all for random "stuff." Most people either download to their home directory (and later archive out of the home directory) or to a specific download directory.

[ogetbilo]

Please don't tell me where to download my stuff and don't treat me like a newbie. I'm using Linux and only Linux for more than three years and I helped lots of people to competely quit windows.

Everybody has his own style and I download certain things to my Desktop, like when I want to work on something I put it right on top of my desk, not into my drawer. Besides the problem is not with downloading things. This happens when copying/moving and pasting from other folders.

This seems like a bug to me. I tried to find a setting to fix this but I was unsuccessful. Maybe there is someone else around who has gone through this and found a solution.

[Finalzone]

Actually, the Desktop on "Preference --> download" from your Firefox/Mozilla is your home directory hence the confusion. You can change that so you should be able to download your file inside your 'real' Desktop.

[ogetbilo]

Well, I know
the thing is
when I download a file to the Desktop
it appears in the konqueror in the /home/myself/Desktop directory;
but it does not show up on the Desktop until I re-login.
So the Desktop does not refresh until re-login.

[i1n2d3y4]

I know the problem you are having. I am having the same problem and reported it (i think yesterdayago under the heading 'desktop refresh' in the general support forum), I am using gnome and see the same problem, items take hours before they appear on the desktop. The only solution I have found is to go to the desktop folder in nautilus and then do a refresh/reload. approx. 10 other people have reported the same problem but no resolution (sorry!!).

[ogetbilo]

yes, I saw the thread you are talking about. The same problem occurs in Gnome too. It seems like there is nothing to do but wait.

[spookehtooth]

ditto here too, using fc3 & gnome. I thought it might be related to the hack I had to use to make my geforce3 card work. I have no idea how or why this could be so, but thought I would say it anyway. The reason it comes to mind is this issue I have:

Sometimes, when launching an application, a green line appears down the left side of the screen. This goes away again when I click once on the desktop, but it *might* point to an issue. What graphics cards are people using?

[i1n2d3y4]

I don't think it has anything to do with the video card. it is probably a bug in gnome, where it is not refreshing the contents of the Desktop directory when something is placed in it. I have noticed the same behaviour with the trash icon. Even though the contents of the trash have been deleted it still displays the icon of a trash can with files in it. The icon refreshes only when you open the trash and there are no files there.

But anyway for your reference I am using an ATI (i thing 9000) card

[Henry]

and already fixed in rawhide

[spookehtooth]

@ i1n2d3y4: it is not a gnome thing because, as has been said in this thread, it has been seen with both kde & gnome.

@ henry: what is rawhide ? I did a quick scan of updates offered by synaptic with my various repositories and I have not found reference to it. can you, or someone else who knows, elaborate on what it does and where it cane be found please ?

[carlos]

I had the same problem, not downloading to Desktop, but copying something to Desktop - didn't show up on the Desktop. However when I browsed to it in konqueror it showed up in konqueror - and as soon as I selected it there, the icon appeared on the Desktop as well. Did you try selecting it from where you could see it in konqueror?

[ogetbilo]

It did not work for me. I select the file, open the file, move it around... nope. it does not show up on the desktop