SUMMARY I guess it is Dolphin which manages my Desktop? Could be a wrong guess though ... STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. add something to the Desktop (e.g. a file) 2. newly added file does not show up 3. press F5 - and the file is shown OBSERVED RESULT newly added file cannot be seen; I have to press F5 to make it appear EXPECTED RESULT newly added file can be seen without pressing F5 SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro up to date KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.74.0 Qt Version: 5.15.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches 524288 I believe it could have something to do with inotify - but the number I set for the watches seems to be high enough.
Can you clarify this: > 1. add something to the Desktop (e.g. a file) How are you adding the file? From which app? What kind of file?
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>> 1. add something to the Desktop (e.g. a file) > How are you adding the file? From which app? What kind of file? It happens when I save a file to Desktop from whichever program (e.g. save mail-attachement from thunderbird (PDF), or a LO-document (odt) - filetypes do not make any difference) or if I drag and drop a file from Dolphin to the Desktop. It sometimes (I wasn't able to find a pattern) also happens when I use a folder-view-widget of the Desktop (on the Desktop) and save a file there / drag and drop a file there. Sometimes the folder-view-widget on the Desktop (and of the Desktop) shows the newly added item right away (which is the behaviour I expected) - but the Desktop itself does not without pressing F5.
dupe of bug 413609 ?
Yep. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 413609 ***