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dectruds

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Registered: 2019-12-06

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temporary text files or folders

Sometimes I create temporary text files or folders on the desktop so as not to bother. So, when I delete them, the removal of one small text file takes 5-15 seconds (!), While the HDD is constantly spinning (what can it possibly be doing, looking for or creating?), And the system itself rather slows down for that time.
Has anyone experienced this? Is there any way to speed up the deletion of files from the desktop in XFCE?

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Last edited by dectruds (2020-01-22 11:05:02)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 12,680

Re: temporary text files or folders

Which version of Xfce and xfdesktop are you using?

On a fresh boot and login, post back the results of ~/.xsession-errors (if your distro creates one) and do the following to get xfdesktop debug info:
1. Restart xfdesktop in debug mode:

xfdesktop -Q && xfdesktop -e

2. Try deleting one of these files
3. When the file is finally deleted, post back the full output of the debug command.

Lets see if there are some hints as to what the problem may be.

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Beacephisely

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Registered: 2024-12-30

Posts: 4

Re: temporary text files or folders

Sometimes I create temporary text files or folders on the desktop so as not to bother. So, when I delete them, the removal of one small text file takes 5-15 seconds (!), While the HDD is constantly spinning (what can it possibly be doing, looking for or creating?), And the system itself rather slows down for that time.
Has anyone experienced this? Is there any way to speed up the deletion of files from the desktop in XFCE?

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I've seen similar behavior before. In my case, the slowdown was caused by the file manager updating desktop icons and thumbnail cache, combined with a slow HDD. It might also be worth checking whether a file indexing service or antivirus is accessing the files when they're deleted. If you haven't already, try deleting the same files from a terminal (rm) instead of the desktop and see if there's any difference. That could help narrow down whether the issue is with XFCE/Thunar or the filesystem itself.