GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 311907
Nautilus does not redraw desktop when new file is created
Last modified: 2006-07-28 05:04:57 UTC
Distribution/Version: Fedora Core 4 1. Create a new file in ~/Desktop 2. In previous versions of Nautlus, the desktop was re-drawn automatically to show the new file 3. In this version, one must open the Desktop folder and press Alt-R to redraw the desktop and see the file.
No problem with my 2.10.0 ubuntu version. Have you the same problem with the others directories?
Yes. Sorry I did not think to test that, but now that you suggested it I see that the same behaviour occurs in other dirs.
Have you gamin running? ps aux | grep gamin
Whoop whoop! Pull up! My previous information was WRONG. This behaviour does not occur in other directories. In any directory other than ~/Desktop, opening a Nautilus window of that dir, and then touching a file (from the shell) updates that window with the new file. However, in ~/Desktop, that behaviour does not occur, either with the desktop itself, or the ~/Desktop directory viewed in a Nautilus window. Also: no gamin is not running. It is installed (version 0.1.1) but not running. Inspecting the RPM reveals no executable file named 'gamin' either.
Humm i think that's a old bug which has been fixed. Someone to confirm?
I reproduced the same issue with FAM some days ago.
Have you still this issue with latest stable release ?
No, with GNOME 2.13 the desktop is redrawn correctly.
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/52941 mentions the same problem with nautilus 2.15.4
The ubuntu bug is probably a different issue, remarking the bug as OBSOLETE
Yes, I also met this problem, when you create a new folder or a file form the file browser, you need to refresh the view then you can input the file name or directory name, I think this is a serious problem of a file manager, but I think they should be fixed ASAP, before 2.15.3, it works fine.