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CaspianXI

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Registered: 2007-05-29

Posts: 59

Need to Refesh Desktop in XFCE

I'm using XFCE, and whenever files are added and deleted from the desktop, the changes don't appear on the desktop until I refresh it (Ctrl+R). Is there something I need to do (like setting a flag or something like that) that would make my desktop always reflect the actual contents of the "~/Desktop" directory?

Thanks.

jean-paul

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-03-26

Posts: 61

Re: Need to Refesh Desktop in XFCE

Hi,

make sure you have fam (or @fam) in the daemon-list in your /etc/rc.conf.

Jean.Paul

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CaspianXI

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Registered: 2007-05-29

Posts: 59

Re: Need to Refesh Desktop in XFCE

Thanks, jean-paul!

I tried running /etc/rc.d/fam start, but that didn't do anything. I added fam to the DAEMONS list and rebooted, which fixed it. I probably only needed to restart XFCE, though.

Thanks for your help .

abhidg

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From: City of Kol

Registered: 2006-07-01

Posts: 184

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Re: Need to Refesh Desktop in XFCE

You could also use gamin, it's in AUR. I heard it's not developed anymore, but so is fam.