Waste

[Wander Boessenkool]

On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 17:16 +0000, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> This may have been discussed before and I missed it, so please accept my
> apologies in advance if I am re-opening an old item. Could you please
> explain why I am unable to completely empty my wastebasket by right
> clicking on the icon and then left clicking on Empty Waste and then
> Empty. How do I completely empty the basket?
> 

There are probably files owned by an other user (eg. root) in your
wastebasket. Open a console (Applications->System Tools->Terminal) and
type the following command:
sudo chown -R yourusernamehere .Trash
enter _your_ password and your set.

Now try emptying your wastebasket again...

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