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Old 10-21-2023, 11:51 PM   #1
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Missing standard folders in KDE Dolphin


A new install of KDE is missic folders Music, Downloads...

I tried using : xdg-user-dirs-update, but that didn't bring up the missing folders

Any suggestions? I searched on Google, but no ideas

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Old 10-22-2023, 02:40 AM   #2
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man user-dirs.dirs. And there is nothing standard in them, they are stupid annoying windoze things which can and must be disabled forever.
 
Old 10-22-2023, 07:49 PM   #3
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man user-dirs.dirs. And there is nothing standard in them, they are stupid annoying windoze things which can and must be disabled forever.
OK, it anyway didn't fix my problem. I will add some details:
As I am going through reinstalling the many programs that I am using, one of them (I don't know which was it) Created a new set of folders under the root, starting from SNAP... I have no idea why or what. So, you can see in the attached image all the folders that I am missing, Downloads, Music etc...

Maybe that can give you a hint, or maybe you have another idea. What is sure, I can't just drag them from where they are into the root.

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Old 10-23-2023, 04:06 AM   #4
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Oh snap, another one of my 'favourite' technologies. In snap programs are sandboxed and some user folders are created inside snap filesystems, but I have no idea how it all is supposed to interact with the real environment. I now how to purge snap forever, that's enough for me. Why don't you create the missing folders manually?
 
Old 10-23-2023, 05:10 PM   #5
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Oh snap, another one of my 'favourite' technologies. In snap programs are sandboxed and some user folders are created inside snap filesystems, but I have no idea how it all is supposed to interact with the real environment. I now how to purge snap forever, that's enough for me. Why don't you create the missing folders manually?
The ONLY folder that I need is "Music", I now created it manually.
I have throughout the house a Music WiFi system called SONOS.

The App is working only on Windows, iOS and Android but NOT on Linux.
So, some nice man, created an Alternative called NOSON, not SONOS for obvious legal reasons.
I have my music library on this HP Laptop, but NOSON doesn't "see" the 600+ Music records and CD's in the Music folder. It did see it last night, but not now again.

It is a mixed problem : The Linux distro, the app itself, the hardware... go figure how to fix it.
I no longer have any Windows OS in the house (nor do I want one) and my Music library is 40GB in size, will not fit on any of my Android devices.

Any suggestions?
Thanks again

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Old 10-23-2023, 05:18 PM   #6
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I am not familiar with noson but take a look at the link below for troubleshooting tips.

https://github.com/janbar/noson-app/
 
Old 10-23-2023, 05:41 PM   #7
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I am not familiar with noson but take a look at the link below for troubleshooting tips.

https://github.com/janbar/noson-app/
Couldn't see any tips. Turns out that if I remove the app and install it again, it works...

Will see how it goes
 
Old 10-23-2023, 06:08 PM   #8
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I was referring to looking at the log files. Looks like the missing directories is a bug but xdg-user-dirs-update command worked for me. I don't know why it did not work for you.
 
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Frankly speaking, you are not adding clarity by telling your story in unconnected bits and pieces, but IF the problem is with this noson running as snap and not seeing music in your local folders then for me snap would be the obvious culprit because, as I said, it messes with local folder access, and installing noson into your system properly would definitely fix it. Maybe there is some option in snap too, but I am not familiar with that. And while studying logs and console output is in general a good a proper thing to do, it won't help you with this type of issue - if access is blocked by snap noson just wouldn't see files with no errors whatsoever.
 
  


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