[SOLVED] Browsing SD card via GUI

[Donna]

I created folders on my SD card (pandora/apps, pandora/menu, pandora/desktop, pandora/appdata). Programs install fine with no problem. The odd thing is if I try to browse the directories via the GUI I can't get past the pandora folder. I can't click into apps, menu or the other folders. I can browse through them fine using the terminal. I only use this feature to delete something, so it isn't really a problem, just a curiosity.


Is this a known issue?


Right now I am using Sandisk Extreme 16 GB. I also tried on an older Sandisk 4GB and an old PNY 1GB with the same results. On 2 of the cards I reformatted using SD Formatter. On the new card i just used it right out of the box (FAT32). My Pandora is the 1.5 Super Zaxxon firmware/Beta 1.1 (just received a couple of weeks ago).

 

[TrashyMG]

I'm not sure if it's a known issue, but I've always had this issue with Thunar, it's not exclusive Pandora issue, I first seen it with Angstrom on the Beagleboard.. I've played with a wide variety of SD cards from 2Gig to 16Gig and seen the behaviour in all my cards.. I can't see a pattern to the bug, but it always involves when going into multiple sub directories..


I use the terminal most of the time for copying,deleting and such, so it's never been an big issue for me.

 

[Prometheus]

Are you using list or icon display in Thunar? I'm vaguely recalling something about a bug with list mode, that I've never encountered because I don't use it. Could it possibly be that?

 

[TrashyMG]

That's it.. it works fine in Icon mode... shame I've always liked list mode...

 

[Donna]

Prometheus - good call! I had it in list mode. Switching to icon mode lets me see all sub folders.


TrashyMG thanks for your response too. I was starting to think I had a bunch of bad SD cards - your post alleviated my fears! I've been using terminal for a lot of stuff, but was starting to get worried my cards were bad or the Pandora was creating corruption or something when writing to the cards.


These forums have been a great help. Thanks to both of you.

 

[Prometheus]

Glad to be of assistance, as always!

 

[clop]

It's a known bug introduced in libgtk (I had it on my desktop ). Has been fixed in Thunar upstream.


https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6230


https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=612802

 

[Grench]

That's it.. it works fine in Icon mode... shame I've always liked list mode...

With some determination you can still use list mode.


Instead of clicking on the icon, click in the address/directory listing bar - then type in the first letter or two of the directory you want to go into - and it will autopop the rest of the name. Select it, hit enter, and you're another layer deep. Repeat as needed.

It's a known bug introduced in libgtk (I had it on my desktop ). Has been fixed in Thunar upstream.


https://bugzilla.xfc...bug.cgi?id=6230


https://bugzilla.gno...g.cgi?id=612802

Would it be possible to get a fixed version of Thunar included in our Hotfix stream?