On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:37:43 +0000, Nemo wrote:
> I put a file in the wastebin/Trash and emptied the Trash, whilst the binary
> that comprised the Trash has gone the Trash is still displayed with its lid
> off. The folder has gone, but the Trash tells me that "The file or
> folder /xxxxx/xxxxx/.xxxxxx/xxxxx/Trash/files/xxxxxxxxxxxx does not exist.
>
> Is there some procedure for resetting the Trash can to empty please?

You may want to check the owner/group/permissions on the Trash
directory and verify there are no files under Trash.

I, for one, would like to know how to disable it myself. I have no use
for the directory or the icon on the desktop.

I have tried deleting it from ~/.kde/shutdown, ~/.bash_logout, ~/.kde/Autostart
but it just keeps comming back.
Current solution is add the delete code to ~/.bashrc
/bin/rm -f $HOME/Desktop/trash.desktop
/bin/rm -fr $HOME/.local/share/Trash/*
That keeps it off my desktop.

Bit Twister wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:37:43 +0000, Nemo wrote:
>> I put a file in the wastebin/Trash and emptied the Trash, whilst the
>> binary that comprised the Trash has gone the Trash is still displayed
>> with its lid off. The folder has gone, but the Trash tells me that "The
>> file or folder /xxxxx/xxxxx/.xxxxxx/xxxxx/Trash/files/xxxxxxxxxxxx does
>> not exist.
>>
>> Is there some procedure for resetting the Trash can to empty please?
>
> You may want to check the owner/group/permissions on the Trash
> directory and verify there are no files under Trash.
>
> I, for one, would like to know how to disable it myself. I have no use
> for the directory or the icon on the desktop.
>
> I have tried deleting it from ~/.kde/shutdown, ~/.bash_logout,
> ~/.kde/Autostart but it just keeps comming back.
> Current solution is add the delete code to ~/.bashrc
> /bin/rm -f $HOME/Desktop/trash.desktop
> /bin/rm -fr $HOME/.local/share/Trash/*
> That keeps it off my desktop.

Check those permissions as Bit Twister says. Look in ~/.local/Trash/info
and see if the file is still listed there. If so, empty the directory.

I had this problem a relatively short time ago. I have forgotten how I
fixed it in the end, but the above is the most likely cause. info says
that the file is there, but it isn't. Once I got rid of that error
message, the icon returned to normal (but since the procedure is unusual, I
may have had to logout/login afterward - or you could simply refresh the
desktop from the right-click menu.)

The desktop entry is a URL-type link only, not even a symlink. You can drag
a file icon onto it, but you cannot move a file to it with the command
line. If you move the file to ~/.local/Trash/files, you don't create the
info file in ~/.local/Trash/info. It is all controlled in the murky
recesses of KDE. That creates a problem if you want to substitute "move to
Trash" for "delete" as is sometimes recommended. The best fix is to create
a separate ~/.Trash directory.

(BT, this may give you some ideas, otherwise I have no answer to your question.)

Doug.

Doug Laidlaw wrote:

> ...Look in ~/.local/Trash/info and see if the file is still listed
> there. *If so, empty the directory.

Thank you that solved my problem, the Trash can is now operating normally.


--
Nemo
"Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole"

Bit Twister wrote:

> I, for one, would like to know how to disable it myself. I have no use
> for the directory or the icon on the desktop.

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