On Saturday 16 January 2021, William Morder via tde-users wrote: > On Saturday 16 January 2021 11:57:00 BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote: > > > 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 > > Yeah ... that occurred to me after I had already gone to bed for what I > thought was a wee kip. You mentioned using NTFS, and that sort of threw me > off. Then, half-asleep, it occurred to me that you meant to format it to > fat32, but using a Linux machine, BEFORE ever using that flash drive or SD > card. > > That might work better, I dunno. When I get a new SD card or flash drive, > I'll give that a try myself. > > Bill > ____________________________________________________ It doesn't matter if they drive has been used. You can back it up and format it clean. 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
