deleting Desktop directory fails

[Colin Law]

On 6 June 2012 20:36, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm still trying to figure out why I cannot delete my Desktop directory in
> the new and improved Linux world. I thought I was Master of the Universe and
> could do as I damned well pleased. Thankfully, someone else is in charge and
> I am not allowed to do this myself, since I am totally without wits and tend
> to drool a lot. Since I am bungie-corded into my high chair, I sure would
> like to know how to just erase a stinkin' directory that is completely
> empty. I even used MC to delete it, and there was no error popup. No error
> popping up from command line or with nautilus. It just refuses to DO AS I
> SAY!
>
> I usually have ~/Desktop linked to my /opt partition so I can futz with the
> OS and leave the good stuff alone. This is the first time I haven't been
> able to do this. <swears like a sailor> Ric

I have just tried it and nautilus will not let me but rmdir from the
command line worked ok.

Colin