Trash

[Avi Schwartz]

Luca Dionisi wrote:
> On 7/16/07, Darryl LeCount <darryl at jamyskis.net> wrote:
>   
>> The directory .Trash is your local trashcan directory. It's perfectly
>> normal that it should be located there. It is possible that you have
>> files that are write protected or are owned by another user in your
>> trash, which in my experience can cause a little havoc there. CD to
>> your .Trash directory and sudo rm -R *.
>>     
>
> I know that. I removed my files from .Trash (and they were
> not owned by anyone else than my normal user)
>
> I'm only stating that the GUI for the Trash doesnt work any more.
> No files are shown in it and I can't delete files forever. (well, I can
> when I use the CLI)
>
>   
I have seen this happen on my laptop after few sleep/wake cycles (I am 
not sure it is related though). After rebooting the laptop the trash GUI 
starts working again.  Just logging out and back in doesn't do it.

Avi