Re: [gentoo-user] Dolphin only allowing a single instance after update

[Daniel Frey]

On 8/17/19 4:48 PM, Dale wrote:
> Philip Webb wrote:
>> 190816 Dale wrote:
>>> I upgraded my system last night,
>>> logged out and back in earlier and have noticed something new.
>>> It seems to only allow one instance of Dolphin to run at a time.
>>> I usually have three or four running
>>> for doing different things in different locations.
>>> It just makes it easier for me to multi-task at times.
>>> Current version of Dolphin and USE flags:
>>> kde-apps/dolphin-19.08.0:5::gentoo  USE="handbook -activities -debug
>>> -semantic-desktop -test"
>>> Previous version that worked normally:
>>> kde-apps/dolphin-19.04.3
>> https://kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-19.08.0
>>
>> Apparently, it's a new feature.
>> Can you solve your problem with KDE Activities ?
>> Otherwise, perhaps tabs will help.
>>
>> I use CLI for ordinary file management & Krusader for heavy lifting,
>> so this doesn't affect me.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>
>
> That's interesting.  It says this in the link provided.  "Note that this
> behavior is now on by default, but it can be disabled."  I've looked and
> I can not find where to disable that feature.  It says it can be
> disabled but I wonder where that setting is??
>
> Can you narrow down CLI for me?  I did a eix cli and it gives a lot of
> hits.  I don't think I've tried that one.  It doesn't ring a bell at
> least.
>
> Thanks for the info.  At least I know now if I can't find a way to
> disable it, on to a different file manager.  I already switched to
> Krusader for root access so it's not like I'm not totally against using
> something else.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>

I always make sure I have Midnight Commander (app-misc/mc) on my 
machines in case a GUI is not available. If you're copying only a few 
things the shell is fine, but mc is pretty handy for organizing files.

I'm in the middle of a stable upgrade now, if I find some sort of option 
for Dolphin I'll let you know.

Dan