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On 3 Sep 2009, at 10:48, Alan E. Davis wrote: |
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> It has just happened in the last day that whenever I try to navigate |
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> to a certain subdirectory of my home directory, in order to attach a |
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> file to an email in gmail, firefox hangs. I have tried a few |
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> experiments, with no success. This is also no ordinary directory--- |
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> it has been under git control for several months. |
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> ... |
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> I have copied the contents of the directory, without the .git |
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> control baggage, and the same happens. |
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> ... |
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> Thinking the same thing was going no here, I have looked at the |
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> directory, but superficially I have seen nothing. Except a file |
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> ".directory" left there by dolphin. I have recently installed kde |
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> 4.3.0, and started liking it a bit, and playing around with it. |
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> I don't know what else to look for, or what method to use, to look |
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> for bizaare bits in a tree. |
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> I suppose I will copy all the files over, one at a time. |
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> Suggestions would be appreciated. |
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Are there any files in that directory with unusual names? |
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Names with ümlauts or åccents in them? Names with &mpersands or sl\ash/ |
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es in them? Spaces on the end? |
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You say the directory is under SVN - if it's a public project & you |
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have no reason to be coy about accessing it, perhaps you can post a |
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link to it, so that other people here can try & reproduce. |
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Stroller. |
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