i remember that in some cases in BeOS i can see the Desktop from tracker...maybe i used a mod of the original tracker? 2009/6/21 Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> > Hi, > > > I have a problem that i remember also in BeOS, the Desktop folder > > disappears > > from /boot/home but he is watched by the terminal and i can cd into, the > > desktop is well, but i can't cd into it using the tracker, yet i can cd > > into > > a directory contained in the desktop, this is a screenshot : > > > > http://f.imagehost.org/view/0350/desktoproblem > > > > Anywone know this problem? > > This is not a "problem" of your installation, but a design decision by the > BeOS engineers. They decided that the user should not see the Desktop folder > inside the home folder, it's hidden on purpose by Tracker. You already see > the contents of the Desktop folder "as the desktop". This has a couple of > problems, because when a couple of desktops are eventually merged from > different volumes, you cannot tell which content is on which volume. This > may lead to problems when making backups for example. Personally, I like the > solution in Gnome, where the Desktop folder is shown as regular folder entry > in file listings and you can CD into it (like in Haiku's file panels), but > also show it as a regular folder window, even if you see the contents twice > then. > > Best regards, > -Stephan > >