Mageia 9 Konqueror problems with FTP

[DiBosco]

I've always used konqueror to connect to my ftp server to put stuff on my web site and it's always worked beautifully, but with Mageia 9 it will no longer connect. I just get a message saying:

Error: request aborted by user.

Has anyone else seen this and/or knows what might be going on?

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Details of the Request:
URL: error:/?error=1&errText=User cancelled action%0A%23ftp://ftp.blahblah.co.uk/public_html/demos/
Protocol: error
Date and Time: Sunday, 24 September 2023 20:03:18 BST
Additional Information: error
Description:
The request was not completed because it was aborted.

Possible Solutions:
Retry the request.

I can use filezilla to connect and upload, so the server's ok. The install is new install, not an upgrade.

[doktor5000]

You should probably run konqueror from a terminal and post the respective output here.

Although it could also be that konqueror was partially abandoned, as I've seen mentioned e.g. here: https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... 175718304/

As an alternative, why not access that FTP server with dolphin?

[DiBosco]

Thanks, Dok. I didn't know that you could use Dolphin to connect to ftp servers and that does indeed work, so that it's fine for my needs.

It's a shame about konqueror, it was a superior file browser to Dolphin IMHO, I really liked how you could have three or more different locations open in a single tab to drag files between them.

[dbg]

I'm using Konqueror on MGA9 and FTP still works. For my use, it is much better than Dolphin. Why? In Dolphin you can split the screen so you have 2 subwindows, one for your local hard drive, one for the FTP directory. You can drag and drop between subwindows and it works. On the dozen or so websites I maintain there are several directories where I need to put files; main directory with html, cgi-bin with backend programs, directories of forms, data for the cgi programs, etc.

In Konqueror I split the window into 8 subwindows; 4 for directories on the local drive where I keep a copy of the website and 4 FTP windows that correspond to those directories that are on the web server. The FTP subwindows are directly below the subwindows on the local drive. I can then drag and drop, up and down to move files. On Dolphin I would spend a lot of time switching both subwindows to the correct directories.

I suppose you could use tabs and bookmarks in Dolphin to set up something similar but how do you save your tabs? Create a .desktop file for each website? In Konqueror you save the session and when you reload it everything is ready to go.

[canadaist]

Workstyle is art. To all the "let's reduce the capabilities and options of our tools so users don't become confused"-- stop, just stop. Find a another paradigm for making users effective and confident, but this time don't get in user's way.

[DiBosco]

And now in English please?

[canadaist]

I was agreeing with dbg on the usefulness of konqueror, while lamenting the triumph of simplification over usefullness.

"The debate about how configurable Linux user interfaces should be"
https://www.linux.com/news/debate-about ... should-be/