Bug 431927

Summary: Fails to show new files saved by some other program
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca>
Component: view-engine: generalAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: major CC: bugseforuns, elvis.angelaccio, kfm-devel
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Attachments: dolping side by side showing bug

Description Rajinder Yadav 2021-01-22 10:35:03 UTC
SUMMARY

When Dolphin is displaying a folder, and an application writes a new file to the folder, the file fails to show up.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open dolphin at a folder like ~/Pictures/snapshot
2. Open Spectacle, configure it to save new snapshot file to ~/Pictures/snapshot
3. Use shortcut key to capture active image by Spectacle
4. Look at dolphin, new file fails to show up in folder
5. Open a new dolphin instance, you will new saved image file

Please see attached picture of side-by-side showing the problem!

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210120
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.78.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.10.7-1-default
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Radeon RX 570 Series
Comment 1 Rajinder Yadav 2021-01-22 10:36:39 UTC
Created attachment 135060 [details]
dolping side by side showing bug
Comment 2 Elvis Angelaccio 2021-03-21 16:35:22 UTC
Please check whether your system has a working inotify.
Comment 3 Elvis Angelaccio 2021-03-21 16:35:54 UTC
*** Bug 432017 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Rajinder Yadav 2021-03-21 22:17:58 UTC
(In reply to Elvis Angelaccio from comment #2)
> Please check whether your system has a working inotify.

How would I do this? 
btw, this was never a problem in the past.
Comment 5 Elvis Angelaccio 2021-04-04 21:31:41 UTC
(In reply to Rajinder Yadav from comment #4)
> (In reply to Elvis Angelaccio from comment #2)
> > Please check whether your system has a working inotify.
> 
> How would I do this? 
> btw, this was never a problem in the past.

Please ask in the support channels for your distribution.

One way would be to run "tail -f" on some log file which is known to be written frequently.
Comment 6 Rajinder Yadav 2021-04-06 06:57:22 UTC
checked, system has working inotify and i have available inotify
Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2021-04-21 04:33:18 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with
no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
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If you have already provided the requested information, please
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Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 8 Rajinder Yadav 2021-04-23 09:16:01 UTC
What is this bug market dup or Bug 43201 and that bug is market a dup of this?

Also I have reported inotify is working and I did not run out of any.
Comment 9 Bug Janitor Service 2021-05-08 04:33:33 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with
no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
wiki located here:
https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

If you have already provided the requested information, please
mark the bug as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is
ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 10 Rajinder Yadav 2021-05-08 05:07:23 UTC
Hello please my last 2 comments.
Comment 11 Patrick Silva 2021-06-03 21:28:14 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 387663 ***