Edgy - "Missing" Directories

[Paul Williams]

On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 16:30 -0700, Scott wrote:
> On Sunday 08 October 2006 01:46 pm, stude.list at googlemail.com
> (stude.list at googlemail.com) spake thusly:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > On 08/10/06, Scott <geekboy at angrykeyboarder.com> wrote:
> >> I'm not sure what's happened (I suspect I've inadvertently changed a
> >> setting somewhere  --  but then...maybe not) but when I open Nautilus
> >> and move to the top of the directory tree, I only see two
> >> directories. Those being "home" and "media".
> > So your saying you can't see the directories but they're there?
> 
> I see the directories in a terminal as a user or as root (i.e. ls -all
> lists directories as you'd expect).  But when I open Nautilus or
> Konqueror and navigate to the top of the directory tree ("/") I only
> see two directories ("home" and "media").
> 
> This also affects file save and open dialogs. Nothing outside of "media"
> and "home" (and their subfolders) shows up.  But if I type the path in
> (thank god GNOME *finally* figured that's a user friendly feature) I
> can get to the directory (although it often causes a hang in KDE).
> 
Ah! This happened to me about a week ago. I don't remember exactly how I
fixed it, but I think I fiddled with the Nautilus settings in
'gconf-editor'

Also, try clicking "View -> Show Hidden Files and Folders" in Nautilus.
> > 
> > It is possible that you've inadvertantly removed the executable bit
> > for the directories for your user.
> > 
> > any chance you could do:
> > ls -al /
> > and then as root
> > sudo ls -al /
> > 
> > this should give you the groups and permissions.
> > Note that the executable bit on directories makes it listable.
> 
> Well as I stated previously they appear normally in a terminal as a user
> or as root.  That's why I'm baffeled by this.
> 
> -- 
>         Scott
> http://angrykeyboarder.com
> © 2006 angrykeyboarder™ & Elmer Fudd. All Wights Wesewved
> 
> 
Thanks,
Paul Williams (paul at smoothweb.net) | Jabber: pwill at jabber.org
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