Dolphin's bug with folders.
 

Hi.

I've funny problem with Dolphin. Few times i've downloaded something and Dolphin can't see folders with it but terminal can see it, just like here:

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As you can see, i've downloaded (right terminal) new KDE - 4.6.5. On the left terminal you can see that terminal can see contents od KDE folder:

-4.6.4
-4.6.5

but on the bottom of pic you can see Dolphin, and he can't see 4.6.5 folder, he can see only 4.6.4 - do you know why? This is not a fake folder, KDE has 4.4GB, when 4.6.4 has only 2.2GB so the other place has to be 4.6.5 with 2.3GB.

I can enter 4.6.5 folder with terminal, but i cant enter it via Dolphin.


As a matter of fact this strange behaviour happened for me few times. I don't know why, maybe You can tell me why?

What happens when you press F5?

Long time bug in KDE.

If F5 does not refresh the display, you need to either open a new tab, or close/open Dolphin.
Very annoying, and has been present since the inotify changes in 2.6.31(?)+ kernels. Even currently in KDE 4.6.5.

KDE uses their own file monitoring program, rather than using/linking to fam/gamin. http://websvn.kde.org/?revision=1065275&view=revision

Nothing.

Good to know.

So, in other words - there is no "cure" for it? No fix for it? In my case pressing F5 or closing and opening new tab does absolutely nothing. As a matter of fact i have this behaviour on KDE 4.5.5, and newer, also with 4.6.5. The only way to see folders when this bug occurs is to reboot, but it's very annoying.

Btw - i tried to find what is kdirwatch - what's that?

Your problem sounds like something entirely different then :(

The common - Dolphin does not update file displays - bug is (to parapharse)
Folder has 20 files in it, you download a couple of tar balls, untar them in a terminal, or right-click extract. Dolphin still reports 20 files. Usually F5 works, sometimes you need to open a new tab (old tab is dead close it) or close and restart Dolphin ------ But not the PC!!

What your are reporting appears to be either a device error/problem or file system problem/error (NTFS).
Perhaps (as it appears your are using a drive formatted to NTFS), there is a slight delay between the actual writing process (needs to go through fuse, and then ntfs-3g or the kernel ntfs module).

Try passing the sync command.

Is the situation the same when you attempt the operations on a Linux native file system?