> On Saturday 16 January 2021 11:19:51 BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote: > > > On Saturday 16 January 2021 09:46:12 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > > Hi all! > > > > > > > > I just found that after my latest updates to 14.0.10 I lost the > > > > "Delete" funtionality in konqueror. When I do a right click on at file > > > > on a FAT32 usb thumbdrive, then the context menu pops up with the > > > > "Delete" entry greyed out. Pressing "<DEL>"-key consequently des not > > > > delete the file nor move it to the thrashcan. Pressing "<shift>+<DEL>" > > > > deletes the file. > > > > > > > > Does somebody else see this, too? > > > > > > > > Nik > > > > > > I just upgraded a couple days ago, and I don't have that problem. > > > Everything works the same as before. > > > > > > The problem, however, may reside in the flash drive itself, and the fat32 > > > filesystem. I've had problems with both flash drives and SD cards: > > > sometimes they mount and behave normally, sometimes not. Do you have the > > > delete function when you are using Konqueror with non-fat drives, such as > > > your > > > > other > > > > > hard drives? > > > > > > You might dig up your konquerorrc file, where the delete function can be > > > set or unset. You might be able to override other changes by changing > > > that file. > > > > > > Bill > > > ____________________________________________________ > > > > I need to use fat32 because I still have some itsinks clients (thankfully > > that's fading) > > > > Stock formatted usb and SD cards do exhibit problems like that in general. > > That's why I always format them with linux before use. I never have a > > problem after that. > > > > NTFS, when I have to use that crap, sometimes will. HFS doesn't give me > > much of a problem, less than NTFS more than fat32. > > > > Try clean formatting the drives before use and make use you chown to your > > user just in case. > > > > Kate > > Except ... maybe users need to use those items with other devices that do not > read Linux filesystems? e.g., SD cards in smartphones, or flash drives to be > used with other computers. Maybe, the unfortunate user is forced by job or > circumstances to take those flash drives or SD cards and use them on > [*SHUDDER of horror*] Windozes or Rotten Apples? In such cases, fat32 is read > by all of them; ext3 or ext4, not. > > 'Twould be nice if Linux could handle fat32 sometimes without having to format > it to a Linux filesystem. > > :-/ > > Bill You misunderstood. Format the drives, using linux, TO fat32. They will work on windows and apple [*SHUDDER of horror*] etc. It's just that linux does a "clean" format with no empty spaces or oddities. Kate ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
