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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Odd behaviour? Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 13:41:29 +0100 Lines: 59 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net cJyl/majaUUwM7mf1sV59wRpGnpfhL/7ImLkhD0kP6VwXBtd3X X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:+hCCex5i6wzq+7hbaVhzAF8K7Zo= sha256:GkOJRcb4/QfQ0ewZitAqIWkyTWx/RN2MeGjg59BrtAQ= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3379 On 2024-12-05 13:26, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 05/12/2024 11:19, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2024-12-05 12:06, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> On 05/12/2024 10:34, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> On 2024-12-05 08:59, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>> On 04/12/2024 18:41, Rich wrote: >>>>>> The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>>>> On 03/12/2024 22:24, Andy Burns wrote: >>>>>>>> The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What I find puzzling is how it appears in the GUI but isn't on the >>>>>>>>> actual machine file system >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> funky characters in filename? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ls -la | cat -v >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nope. Still no sign >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think some part of the GUI environment builds a cache, and its in >>>>>>> that, but not in the real world so to speak >>>>>> >>>>>> What is the GUI file browser program you use under Mate? >>>>>> >>>>> Caja >>>>> >>>>>> Many "GUI file browsers" have a tendancy to "combine" plural actual >>>>>> disk paths into the 'appearance' of a singular view (and "Desktop" is >>>>>> one of those 'views' that GUI dev's think need this miss-feature). >>>>>> >>>>>> So it is possible the file it is located somewhere other than >>>>>> ~/Desktop/ and the GUI is merging together that other location >>>>>> with the >>>>>> contents of the actual ~/Desktop/, and presenting the combination to >>>>>> you as "Desktop". >>>>>> >>>>> Hmm. Still doesn't say why it cant be deleted/found Even from the >>>>> GUI file manager >>>> >>>> Because it would be on another directory. >>>> >>> But if the GUI knows where it is the GUI should be able to delete it. >> >> The GUI is not a magician. > > No, but it must have consistent rules. If Caja displays it Caja can > delete it and the same for the desktop manager as well > > The fact is it is - or was - a ghost. It only existed as far as I can > tell in the GUI cache... Sigh... The GUI filemanager is just a filemanager, and follows filemanager rules. It displays only ONE directory, not some desktop concoction made of several structures and directories. -- Cheers, Carlos.