Or rather, I can rename them, but then I can't access them.
If I create a new file on my F23 KDE desktop, I have no trouble accessing it. But if I rename it (right-click, Rename) then try clicking on it again after, I get an error dialog: "Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder /home/alan/Desktop///<oldname> does not exist." (<oldname> is the name the file was before I renamed.)
This is a real bother in the case of folders, because I rename them often. But then I can't access them. Everything seems to work from within the File Manager, but fails when dealing with Desktop icons.
-Alan
On 05/23/16 07:07, Alan Evans wrote:
Or rather, I can rename them, but then I can't access them.
If I create a new file on my F23 KDE desktop, I have no trouble accessing it. But if I rename it (right-click, Rename) then try clicking on it again after, I get an error dialog: "Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder /home/alan/Desktop///<oldname> does not exist." (<oldname> is the name the file was before I renamed.)
This is a real bother in the case of folders, because I rename them often. But then I can't access them. Everything seems to work from within the File Manager, but fails when dealing with Desktop icons.
How are you, and what type of file, are you creating on the desktop.
I just did the following....
Right click on the desktop and selected "Create New--->Link to Application" and then configured it to start Firefox. In doing so I gave it the name "Run Firefox" which is how it appears on the desktop. I also adjusted the properties to have the FF icon displayed. I started FF using this desktop file several times.
I then right-clicked on the icon, picked "Rename" and changed it to just "Firefox". After that I clicked it again and Firefox started without incident.
On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Ed Greshko ed.greshko@greshko.com wrote:
On 05/23/16 07:07, Alan Evans wrote:
Or rather, I can rename them, but then I can't access them.
If I create a new file on my F23 KDE desktop, I have no trouble
accessing it. But if I
rename it (right-click, Rename) then try clicking on it again after, I
get an error
dialog: "Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder /home/alan/Desktop///<oldname> does not exist." (<oldname> is the name
the file was
before I renamed.)
This is a real bother in the case of folders, because I rename them
often. But then I
can't access them. Everything seems to work from within the File
Manager, but fails when
dealing with Desktop icons.
How are you, and what type of file, are you creating on the desktop.
I just did the following....
Right click on the desktop and selected "Create New--->Link to Application" and then configured it to start Firefox. In doing so I gave it the name "Run Firefox" which is how it appears on the desktop. I also adjusted the properties to have the FF icon displayed. I started FF using this desktop file several times.
I then right-clicked on the icon, picked "Rename" and changed it to just "Firefox". After that I clicked it again and Firefox started without incident.
I haven't tried a link to an application. In my case:
Right-click on Desktop, Create New --> Folder. Name the folder "foo". Click on foo, opens File Manager in foo directory. Close that. Right-click on foo, Rename. "bar" Click on bar... Error. (After reboot, clicking on bar works.)
Same thing happens with Create New --> Text File.
This condition exists in my login and my wife's login, since I'm not sure when.
On Sun, 2016-05-22 at 16:07 -0700, Alan Evans wrote:
Or rather, I can rename them, but then I can't access them.
If I create a new file on my F23 KDE desktop, I have no trouble accessing it. But if I rename it (right-click, Rename) then try clicking on it again after, I get an error dialog: "Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder /home/alan/Desktop///<oldname> does not exist." (<oldname> is the name the file was before I renamed.)
This is a real bother in the case of folders, because I rename them often. But then I can't access them. Everything seems to work from within the File Manager, but fails when dealing with Desktop icons.
Note that there is a list for KDE on Fedora, where you might get more help with this. See:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/kde@lists.fedoraproject.org
poc
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 08:59:27AM -0700, Alan Evans wrote:
On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Ed Greshko ed.greshko@greshko.com wrote:
On 05/23/16 07:07, Alan Evans wrote:
Or rather, I can rename them, but then I can't access them.
...
I haven't tried a link to an application. In my case:
Right-click on Desktop, Create New --> Folder. Name the folder "foo". Click on foo, opens File Manager in foo directory. Close that. Right-click on foo, Rename. "bar" Click on bar... Error. (After reboot, clicking on bar works.)
Same thing happens with Create New --> Text File.
This condition exists in my login and my wife's login, since I'm not sure when.
It sounds like the file manager doesn't refresh its list of files in the current directory after your rename.
What if you force a refresh. Say leave the FM and reenter. Or switch to several directories and return to the one containing "bar". Or create another file/directory. Gee, I wonder if you could get two "bar" files by creating another one while the FM doesn't acknowledge the first one.
jl
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan pocallaghan@gmail.com wrote:
Note that there is a list for KDE on Fedora, where you might get more help with this. See:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/kde@lists.fedoraproject.org
I'll move this there, then.
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