Bug#576208: linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64: file alteration events not propogated every time

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

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Hi Philip!

Philip Ashmore wrote:

> I'm running KDE 3.5.10 on amd64.  I frequently run commands in
> konsole that modify files that I have open in kate.  These file
> changes cause kate to display a dialog prompting to reload the
> changed files.
>
> Unfortunately this doesn't happen every time. More like every second
> or third time.

Are you sure this is a kernel problem?  What filesystem do you use?
What interfaces does kate use to detect modified files (does it use
some KDE library function, stat(2) and check the mtime, inotify(7),
or something else)?  Can you reproduce this with other text editors?

Thanks for reporting and sorry for the delayed response,
Jonathan