1GB Trash. Permission denied.

HermanAA hermanaa at gmail.com
Sun Jul 5 11:53:21 UTC 2009


> 2009/7/5 HermanAA <hermanaa at gmail.com>:
> >
> > I have almost 1GB Trash in Gnome 'Trash' (Desktop Trash)
> > I am not allowed to delete it.
> >
> > I got this Location-info:
> > trash:///
> > Location: trash:///_RIKA-DELETE-OK%3F  (a folder in Trash)
> >          trash:///_RIKA-DELETE-OK%3F/070614 (a file)
> >
> > I tried to do something about it via the terminal (cmd-line).
> > But I cant locate 'Trash' (or it's contents).
> >
> > --how do I delete this trash?
> >
> > ... or how do I find the Trash (and contents)
> > on the command-line, so I can do something about it.
> >
> >
> > If I delete via the GUI I get:
> > Error while deleting.
> > There was an error deleting PC222481.JPG.
> > Show more details:
> > Error removing file: Permission denied
> >    CANCEL    SKIP-ALL   SKIP
> >
> > And:
> > Sorry, could not change the permissions of "P6141423.JPG": Operation not
> > supported by backend
> >
> >
> > Herman in Philippines.


On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 13:35 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Herman, I'm not home right now to check, but look in ~/.config for the
> Trash. I think it's there.
> 
> -- 
> Dotan Cohen

None found. I checked ~/.config manually.
In my HOME dir: No 'Trash' folder or file found by 'Search for files'.

Herman in PHL.





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