Can't empty paperbin... ?!

[Shawn McCuan]

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Shawn McCuan <smccuan at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Tom Rausner <tom at rausner.dk> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks !
>>
>> I've just experienced something odd. I have pushed a lot of files into
>> the paperbin and now it will not get empty. Is it a kind of
>> too-big-bounch-of-files-in-the-bin-bug ? And what do I do to get them to
>> go away ? Tried to restart the computer but they are still there.
>>
>> Tom Rausner
>>
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>
> Try removing the items manually from:
> /home/YOURUSERNAME/.local/share/Trash/files/
> See if that helps you out any.
>
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> Shawn McCuan
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Oh yes, and if you're still having problems, open a terminal and run
nautilus as root...then try to delete them:

sudo nautilus /home/YOURUSERNAME/.local/share/Trash/files/

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Shawn McCuan
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