Version: 3.5.1 (using KDE 3.5.1, Debian Package 4:3.5.1-4 (testing/unstable)) Compiler: Target: i486-linux-gnu OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.14-kanotix-9 Since KDE 3.5(.1) is isn't possible anymore to access the / directory from system:/. In KDE 3.4.x I used to open my home directory in system:/ and then went up to get into the directory tree. But in KDE 3.5.1 (I never tried 3.5 so don't know if it is there too) I don't get into the system tree by going up, I get back into system:/. That's weird and not very usable. Please re-add the possiblilty to access the root directory from within system:/ - either by re-enableing to access it from the home directory or by adding an extra icon for /. (I'm running out of konqueror votes...)
This is intentional. The previous behaviour was considered buggy and fixed.
I was in fear of that answer. Can you please explain what is "buggy" about being able to access / from system:/? It is a "natural" and logical behaviour. When I use the "up" arrow in a directory /home/me I expect to get into the upper directory /home and thus into the directory tree up to / - no matter if I try to access it from /home/me or system:/home/me, system:/home/me should be the same as /home/me. And the name "system:/" indicates I can access the system directory from it. The current behaviour is very confusing. So I have to open another bug report as a wish to re-add it in a "non-buggy" way or to add a /-link to access the directory tree?
If you consider this being an invalid bug please change this to wishlist (though I still think this KDE 3.5.1 system:/-behaviour is a usability bug) or maybe mark it as a duplicate to Bug 117524.
system:/ is already a root (the root of system:/). You can't go up from there, since your root directory is below it. This is the same reason why file:/ doesn't go up to /, because they are the same thing. Usability-wise, if you go "up" from system:/ to /, you're supposed to be able to click somewhere in / to go back to system:/. That isn't so.
> if you go "up" from system:/ to /, you're supposed to be able to click somewhere in / to go back to system:/ Thanks for the explanation. I don't appreciate it but now at least I understand the background thoughts of this behaviour.
Solved this for me by adding a filesystem.desktop to ~/.kde/share/apps/systemview with the content [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Type=Link Path=/ Icon=folder Name=Filesystem In case anybody is looking for a workaround...