I can confirm this bug: My Desktop is equivalent to my homedir. If I create a new folder with right-click, it won't appear on my Desktop until I redraw it with CTRL+R. Nevertheless, if I create a folder in a terminal, everything works fine.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps aux |grep gamin thomas 5485 0.0 0.0 2564 1168 ? S 08:22 0:00 /usr/lib/gamin/gam_server thomas 9334 0.0 0.0 2984 832 pts/1 R+ 09:51 0:00 grep gamin [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnomevfs-monitor . Starting monitor for file:///home/thomas/ # New folder with right click Created event: -> monitor_uri: file:///home/thomas/ -> info_uri: file:///home/thomas/Namenloser%20Ordner #Nothing could bee seen. At this point, I pressed CTRL+R, saw and removed the folder afterwards. Deleted event: -> monitor_uri: file:///home/thomas/ -> info_uri: file:///home/thomas/Namenloser%20Ordner #Here the Folder vanished like it should. Now I opended a new terminal Metadata changed event: -> monitor_uri: file:///home/thomas/ -> info_uri: file:///home/thomas/.gnome2_private #And created a folder with mkdir Created event: -> monitor_uri: file:///home/thomas/ -> info_uri: file:///home/thomas/Folder #In this case, everything worked fine. Deleted event: -> monitor_uri: file:///home/thomas/ -> info_uri: file:///home/thomas/Folder Created event: -> monitor_uri: file:///home/thomas/ -> info_uri: file:///home/thomas/Folder Deleted event: -> monitor_uri: file:///home/thomas/ -> info_uri: file:///home/thomas/Folder Stopping monitor Im' using Ubuntu edgy with newes updates, but Kernel 2.6.15-23-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 23 14:03:07 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux -- New files are not refreshed automatically https://launchpad.net/bugs/52941 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs