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canucks604

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Registered: 2007-01-27

Posts: 18

xfce4 desktop

hi all,

i have a problem with xfce4 desktop and thunar.  it doesn't refresh automatically, ie i have thunar opened for example /home/user and if i save a file to that very same directory, the new file doesn't show up until i hit f5 to refesh. 

any tips?

thank you

ozar

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: xfce4 desktop

I think Thunar requires FAM to be enabled for instant refresh.

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oz

drakosha

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Registered: 2006-01-03

Posts: 253

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Re: xfce4 desktop

I have the same problem. When i try to install fam pacman says it conflicts with gamin which is required by thunar and gnome-vfs...

baze

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Registered: 2005-10-30

Posts: 393

Re: xfce4 desktop

I have the same problem. When i try to install fam pacman says it conflicts with gamin which is required by thunar and gnome-vfs...

gamin isn't even used in arch anymore in favour of fam (unfortunately, imho) so just install fam and remove gamin. they both work with thunar and gnome-vfs as those packages are built against fam anyway but gamin provides libfam.

remove gamin without dependencies: pacman -Rd gamin
install fam: pacman -S fam
start the fam daemon: /etc/rc.d/fam start

and (if possible) restart thunar and xfdesktop and so on.

drakosha

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Registered: 2006-01-03

Posts: 253

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Re: xfce4 desktop

I have the same problem. When i try to install fam pacman says it conflicts with gamin which is required by thunar and gnome-vfs...

gamin isn't even used in arch anymore in favour of fam (unfortunately, imho) so just install fam and remove gamin. they both work with thunar and gnome-vfs as those packages are built against fam anyway but gamin provides libfam.

remove gamin without dependencies: pacman -Rd gamin
install fam: pacman -S fam
start the fam daemon: /etc/rc.d/fam start

and (if possible) restart thunar and xfdesktop and so on.

that, including restart, solved the problem for me.

canucks604

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Registered: 2007-01-27

Posts: 18

Re: xfce4 desktop

thank you,

turns out i only needed to start fam

canucks