Usage FAQ

1. When I try to mount/unmount my cdrom/floppy, Krusader says something about supermount, what's this about?
2. When I try to resize Krusader, so that it's smaller, I discover that I can't resize it below a certain size. Basically, it doesn't get much smaller. Why?
3. When I do some file operation, Krusader's panel doesn't refresh / i'm using Krusader with fam installed, but updates to the panel are now shown.
4. Samba ISO 8859-x codepage / what to do if Krusader does not read shared directories containing national characters?
5. Krusader reports "krarc:... protocol not supported" error at opening an archive file.
6. When I try to establish an FTP connection, I get an error message after 'Connect OK' saying 'Could not connect to host'.
7. I get "FTP protocol not supported by Krusader" error at trying to open a remote FTP directory.
8. How can i disable the default sounds e.g. when i do a delete action ?
1.

When I try to mount/unmount my cdrom/floppy, Krusader says something about supermount, what's this about?

Supermount is a daemon which handles mounting/unmounting of removable filesystems for you. Just insert a floppy, and do cd /mnt/floppy supermount will do the mount for you automatically and transparently. All this is great, however, supermount manipulates the system into thinking that the floppy/cdrom is mounted at all times! This creates a few problems for Krusader, as it can't really know what's going on - is there really a floppy in the drive? Of course, this can be solved, but as for now, we don't consider it a priority. Feel free to write a patch for it ;-).

2.

When I try to resize Krusader, so that it's smaller, I discover that I can't resize it below a certain size. Basically, it doesn't get much smaller. Why?

See the F1, F2 (etc.) buttons? They are not allowing Krusader to downsize as they have a minimum size. Just disable them View->Show FN Keys Bar and you'll be able to resize Krusader to your liking.

3.

When I do some file operation, Krusader's panel doesn't refresh / i'm using Krusader with fam installed, but updates to the panel are now shown.

The bad news is that we're not sure why, but seems that fam (file alteration monitor) sometimes refuses to work. Feel free to write a patch for it ;-). We've tried the same source code on two different Gentoo installation: one worked, the other did not. The good news is that if you disable fam, Krusader will automatically revert to its internal mechanism (which is less efficient, but works) without needing to recompile. You can disable fam with:

$ su -c 'fam -l'
Look at the manpages for more information about fam.

4.

Samba ISO 8859-x codepage / what to do if Krusader does not read shared directories containing national characters?

Krusader does not handle (yet) Samba ISO 8859-x codepages, if you use a codepage different than 8859-1 you will have to do a manual configuration. Create or modify the file: ~/.smb/smb.conf

 	[global]
 	workgroup = MyWorkGroup       (ex. WORKGROUP)
 	client code page = MyCodePage (ex. 852)
 	character set = MyCharSet     (ex. ISO8859-2)
Unfortunately kcontrol (KDE 3.1.1) fails to configure it properly, so this step must be done with a text editor.

5.

Krusader reports "krarc:... protocol not supported" error at opening an archive file.

Solution: install the krarc slave properly:

Copy the kio_krarc.so, kio_krarc.la files into $KDEDIR/lib/kde3

Copy the krarc.protocol file into $KDEDIR/share/services

or the directory where the KIO slaves are placed in your Linux® distribution.

6.

When I try to establish an FTP connection, I get an error message after 'Connect OK' saying 'Could not connect to host'.

You are probably behind a firewall/proxy and haven't enabled "Passive Mode". Enable "Passive FTP" through KDE's KDE Control Center and try again. KDE Control Center->Network->Preferences , "Enable Passive Mode (PASV)" has to be checked.

7.

I get "FTP protocol not supported by Krusader" error at trying to open a remote FTP directory.

The reason of this error is that 'FTP via HTTP proxy' feature is not yet supported by Krusader. This error can occur at misconfiguring the proxy settings in KDE Control Center. Modify the proxy setting to not use HTTP proxy and FTP will work.

8.

How can i disable the default sounds e.g. when i do a delete action ?

Those are the default KDE System sounds, and not related to Krusader. If you want to disable them globally open your KDE KDE Control Center (kcontrol): KDE Control Center->Sound & Multimedia->System Notifications , Event Source: "KDE System Notifications" and uncheck sound items you don't like.