Post #3375806

2026-06-22 16:47 UTC

I have the same issue on all four machines that use Dolphin. I’ve accepted having to hit F5 to refresh and I’m not looking to switch file managers, but if there is a fix I’d love to implement it!

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@jlow@slrpnk.net 2026-06-22 20:01

If you like virtual buttons you can also put a “Refresh” button in the top bar of Dolphin, have had that for years (and only need to use it very rarely nowadays).

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@MouldyCat@feddit.uk 2026-06-23 23:36

Copying my comment to OP below - it might be worth checking: Check your inotify maximums - this is the system which monitors directory contents and notifies applications of changes. These maximums used to be pretty low, but should be high enough for most users these days. Do you tend to work with multiple directories containing lots of files? See what you get when you run these two commands: sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_instances You can increase them temporarily like so and see if it helps: sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_instances=1024 If it does help, add to /etc/sysctl.conf (or a file in /etc/sysctl.d/).

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