Re: [PLUG] Fixing broken link on Ubuntu (Gnome) desktop

[Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Update: the icon fixed itself without my doing anything, and it's now
working once again! (I guess it must check periodically?)

Walt

On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 09:01:14AM -0500, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote:
> Thanks. That may well fix it too, but it feels like it should be unnecessary.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2022, at 8:57 AM, Casey Bralla via plug wrote:
> > I don't know the answer, but maybe logout and log back in to the desktop (no reboot).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 3/2/22 08:54, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >> 
> >> I'm running a stock Ubuntu 20.04 with the default desktop. On my desktop is a symlink to a spreadsheet that's on a network share. Work makes us periodically change our passwords, and yesterday was my lucky day.
> >> 
> >> ]Now the link has a red circle with an X in it. I thought that was because I needed to log back into the share. I've done that. Now the actual symlink works fine, but on the desktop the icon still has the X and doesn't open the spreadsheet. I don't see any obvious way in the UI to tell it to retry.
> >> 
> >> I'm sure I could delete it and recreate it and it would be fine. I also feel confident that it will be fixed the next time I reboot. But seems like there must be some way to fix this short of doing that. Is this a bug, or am I missing something obvious?
> >> 
> >> Walt
> >> 
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