ubuntu trash

fezziks · 08-21-2011, 07:14 AM

hello,

I have items on my trash (I know they are there, and they're indeed shown in ./.local/share/Trash), but when I open the trash, it doesn't list anything (0 elements), although there still is a button 'empty trash'.

How to fix this bug ?

Thanks

hal8000b · 08-21-2011, 07:55 AM

You can try/:

rm -rf .local/share/Trash

No need for sudo as these are user Trash files.
Sometimes logging out, logging in again will show
an empty trash icon.

fezziks · 08-21-2011, 08:05 AM

I don't want to delete these files. I would just like to know why they are not listed in the trash that opens with the file explorer.

And by the way, I just noticed something else. When my mouse hovers over the trash icon, it says there are 37 elements in the trash, yet when I click on the icon, nothing is listed in the explorer, and it says 0 elements in the bottom.

fezziks · 08-21-2011, 11:00 AM

can someone help me please?

Wim Sturkenboom · 08-21-2011, 11:56 AM

Maybe a permission issue where you deleted items as root (using sudo / gksudo) ?

The below might shine a light on that.

Code:

fortyfourgalena@desktop-01:~$ ls -ld .local/share/Trash/
drwx------ 5 fortyfourgalena fortyfourgalena 4096 2010-12-15 16:05 .local/share/Trash/
fortyfourgalena@desktop-01:~$ ls -l .local/share/Trash/
total 36
drwx------ 2 fortyfourgalena fortyfourgalena  4096 2011-05-15 12:58 expunged
drwx------ 2 fortyfourgalena fortyfourgalena 12288 2011-08-13 06:39 files
drwx------ 2 fortyfourgalena fortyfourgalena 20480 2011-08-13 06:39 info
fortyfourgalena@desktop-01:~$ ls -l .local/share/Trash/expunged/
total 0
fortyfourgalena@desktop-01:~$ ls -l .local/share/Trash/files/
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 fortyfourgalena fortyfourgalena 0 2011-08-21 18:52 abc.txt
fortyfourgalena@desktop-01:~$ ls -l .local/share/Trash/info/
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 fortyfourgalena fortyfourgalena 81 2011-08-21 18:52 abc.txt.trashinfo
fortyfourgalena@desktop-01:~$

fezziks · 08-21-2011, 04:58 PM

hi,
yes it might be a permission issue, this account has some restrictions. But which restriction would forbid to access the current user's own trash, specially if it is still accessible in its real location ?
Anyway,
ls -ld .local/share/Trash/ returns
drwx ------ fezziks fezziks .local/share/Trash/
ls -l .local/share/Trash/ returns
drwx------ fezziks fezziks expunged
drwx------ fezziks fezziks files
drwx------ fezziks fezziks info
ls -l .local/share/Trash/expunged/ is empty
ls -l .local/share/Trash/files/ returns all the files I expect to be in the trash (around 40).
ls -l .local/share/Trash/info/ gives the same files as above with a .info extension.

fezziks · 09-09-2011, 11:53 AM

My issue is still not solved.

jdkaye · 09-09-2011, 12:12 PM

Have you tried creating a file, putting it in Trash and then seeing if it shows up in the Trash folder?
jdk

Wim Sturkenboom · 09-09-2011, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fezziks

hi,
ls -l .local/share/Trash/files/ returns all the files I expect to be in the trash (around 40).
ls -l .local/share/Trash/info/ gives the same files as above with a .info extension.

And who are the owner and the group of the files that you found?

fezziks · 09-09-2011, 02:15 PM

jdkaye, yes I have tried, it doesn't show up in the shortcut of the bottom right corner, but it is in the ~/.local/share/Trash
Wim, the current user (me) is the owner of the file, and the group is composed of only one person (me).

Wim Sturkenboom · 09-09-2011, 07:21 PM

OK, at a loss here. Assuming that the permissions are as I showed in my first reply, the only thing I can think of is that you deleted hidden files which will be hidden in the trash as well; but it is a bit far fetched, I think.

Sorry for not being able to help further; I hate to admit defeat. You can consider to ask the question on launchpad or file a bug report there.

PS
Found a bug report on launchpad; https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...per/+bug/42471 (I hope the link works if one is not logged in); applies to Dapper Drake (6.06). If you're still running Dapper, you might want to consider to upgrade.