[CentOS] CentOS 7 + MATE : Folder contents not refreshed in file manager

[Liam O'Toole]

On 2018-07-09, Nicolas Kovacs
<info at microlinux.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just migrated my workstation running CentOS 7 from KDE to MATE.
>
> It looks like I'm having the same problem with the Caja file manager
> than with Dolphin. Folder contents don't get refreshed automatically,
> and I have to hit F5.
>
> For example, when I download a file (say, a compressed archive) from
> the Internet, I have to hit F5 to see the file in Caja. And when I
> extract the archive, I have to hit F5 again.
>
> Anybody knows where this nagging problem comes from?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Niki

What do you see in /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches? If you
increase the value, does the problem persist?