Minor problems with Xfce

[Manolis Kiagias]

James Butler wrote:
> Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> James Butler wrote:
>>     
>>> My other problem is possibly unrelated, but any actions I perform
>>> which would remove or update icons on the desktop (deleting a file,
>>> emptying Trash) don't take effect until xfdesktop is restarted or I
>>> log out and then in. Any ideas? Notably, automatic detection and
>>> mounting of USB drives, which seems to be a fragile area for many
>>> HAL users, works perfectly for me.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> -James Butler
>>>   
>>>       
>> Just solved this one, quite silly it was ;)
>> It seems Thunar is not built with FAM (File Alteration Monitor)
>> support, hence it does not know when it needs to update folder views
>> (or the desktop for that matter). So, simply rebuild with FAM:
>>
>> # cd /usr/ports/x11-fm/thunar
>>
>> # make config
>>
>> (Select FAM from the options dialog)
>>
>> # make deinstall reinstall
>>
>> Restart your X session. It will work then.
>>     
>
> Aha! I will try this when I get home - thanks. Anyone know why Thunar
> does not default to using FAM/gamin? gamin doesn't look too heavy.
>
> Cheers,
> James Butler
>
>   

It seems the default options for Thunar do not include gamin for some 
reason. Although I already had it installed anyway.  If you installed 
from packages, these are built with the default options, so not having 
FAM support is expected.

P.S. Putting the questions list back on this