File Dialogs don't let me see the root tree

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Saturday 31 March 2007 06:17:12 pm Ralph Alvy wrote:
> One thing I notice happens with Kubuntu and not with other distos that have
> a KDE desktop. File Dialogs don't let me see the root tree. So, let's say I
> have an application that allows me to set a folder as the target for a
> particular operation. When I run that application as user, the file dialog
> that opens up, from which I am to choose a folder, won't let me peruse the
> tree under root. Is there setting I can change somewhere here so that I can
> do this?

This is a known "feature" (I call it a very stupid bug).

Just execute the following code from a shell:

sudo rm /.hidden
sudo rm /media/.hidden

and you'll see what you are expecting.

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