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