HELP! "Empty Trash Bin" not available, with trash in can

[tom.s.2007]

My "Empty Trash Bin" option is not available, with trash in the can and in my Trash folder.

PLEASE HELP!

[SheeEttin]

Re: HELP! "Empty Trash Bin" not available, with trash in can

"rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*" will empty it, and hopefully remove anything that could be interfering with the trash's normal operation (e.g. weird filenames).

After you do that, see if the trash operates normally.

[tom.s.2007]

Re: HELP! "Empty Trash Bin" not available, with trash in can

I'm afraid that didn't do it. I even logged out & back in afterwards.

anything else?

[Fintan]

Re: HELP! "Empty Trash Bin" not available, with trash in can

That happened to me on feisty. I rebooted into recoverymode and opened kde with startx at the promt. Now see if you can empty your trash on root and /home/yourusername/.local/share/Trash?

[Snowhog]

Re: HELP! "Empty Trash Bin" not available, with trash in can

Just a wild guess, but are you right-clicking on the Trash icon instead of left-clicking?

[tom.s.2007]

Re: HELP! "Empty Trash Bin" not available, with trash in can


Fintan, I'm afraid that didn't do it either

Snowhog, left, the option is greyed out... By the way, I believe the cat is both dead AND alive

[Goeroeboeroe]

Re: HELP! "Empty Trash Bin" not available, with trash in can

I have no idea if this is the right way, but I had this problem regularly on Feisty. I opened the trashcan, selected everything in it and pressed Shift + delete. Everything was gone and after that the trashcan worked again, till after a few days same thing happened.
But take care: I'm not an experienced linux user.

[Snowhog]

Re: HELP! "Empty Trash Bin" not available, with trash in can

By the way, I believe the cat is both dead AND alive

Obviously, you've been drinking 'more beer!'

[Snowhog]

Re: HELP! "Empty Trash Bin" not available, with trash in can

Until you get a solution that fixes the problem 'permanently' you can try this:
Open Konqueror and type in the URL:

trash:/

This opens the Trash folder and you can delete contents from there. This works in Feisty, so I'd assume it would work in Gutsy as well.

[tlyons]

Re: HELP! "Empty Trash Bin" not available, with trash in can

By the way, I believe the cat is both dead AND alive

When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my gun.