Description of problem: From bz 147195: "When saving files to the desktop the files are not visible once the save is completed (not visible on the desktop and not visible in the desktop directory in my home directory). This occurs whether I am using a local program (i.e. THE GIMP) or saving programs/images from the internet via a browser. The workaround is to immediately browse to my Home folder, browse to the desktop folder and select view->reload. All files instantly become visible on the desktop and in the desktop directory." https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=147195 This happens with the RC RHEL 4 U1 -re0525.0. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Save something to desktop 2. 3. Actual results: File does not appear on desktop Expected results: File appears on desktop Additional info: This should be fixed for RHEL 4 asap as it is highly visible and will probably generate some support calls. This bz entry is to track this issue on RHEL 4.
I can fix based on an upgrade to 0.1.1. I cannot fix by trying to backport from the old code base as the amount of internal changes needed to have a correct behaviour have been massive since the version inserted in RHEL4. Daniel
I confirm this point. I rebuilt the gamin[-devel] RPM with the 0.1.1 version. Then I rebuilt the nautilus RPM without any modification. And it works now ! The only remaining problem with "gamin" (the 0.1.1 didn't help me) is a CIFS unmount problem when shutting down the system (because of a gam_server process). There is a correspondant entry somewere in this bugzilla.
Bug 155955 asks for a newer gamin for RHEL 4.
I built gamin-0.1.1-1.EL4 as a potential update for RHEL4. I tried first the following tests after the update locally: - logged in a GNOME session - kill gam_server and nautilus, both will restart - plugged an USB key with a filesystem, after a bit the file system shows on the desktop (this was broken in 0.1.0 in Fedora Core 4) - added and removed files to ~/Desktop directly from a shell, verified that this was reflected immediately into the desktop rendering - In the menu "Action->Recent Document", asked to clear and confirmed, checked from the shell that ~/.recently-used size shrinked back to size 0 and the menu "Action->Recent Document" gets greyed out - created a new test document from gedit, used save-as to save it on the desktop, verified that the document icon shows up on the desktop and the "Action->Recent Document" menu is active gain and list the test file. Extracting the tarball, configuring, building and running "make tests" works without failure on a RHEL4 system It looks to me that this update would fix the most obvious problems related to gamin in RHEL4 used as a desktop environment. Daniel
I agree for the "Desktop refresh" problem. The upgrade solves it. But we still have an issue with gamin : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=132740 (referenced in fedora but we have the problem with RHEL4 too, should I open a new bug ?) The problem is the same with the old version and with our new one. Maybe, can we try your new (potential) version Daniel ?
w.r.t. comment #12: - the version I pushed is the same as the one in Fedora Core 4 so you can test it ! The only difference is that inotify is being disabled which should not change anything since it's not in our kernels. - bug #132740 is currently analyzed as a problem at the kernel level between cifs and the dnotify kernel interface. It should not be fixed in gamin, but in the kernel. There are workarounds as pointed in the bugzilla entry to force using polling in the case of such a filesystem based on the ~/.gaminrc configuration file. Daniel
*** Bug 159568 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 165029 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-588.html