Accidently deleted the wastebin, now no "bin icon

Hi,

Just a small problem here... i was as root user and accidently deleted the Wastebin folder in mandrake linux 10... i made a new Wastebin folder and it works fine, its just that the icon is now of a folder, not of the bin. i go to preferences but i cant change the icon. Little help? I would greatly appreciate it

I only have old stuff here atm but it works.
Try putting a file ".directory" into the trashcan put this stuff in it:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Directory
Icon=trashcan_full
EmptyIcon=trashcan_empty
Name=Trash
Name[af]=Gemors
Name[az]=Zibil
Name[be]=Сьметнік
Name[bg]=Кошче
Name[bs]=Smeće
Name[ca]=Paperera
Name[cs]=Koš
Name[cy]=Sbwriel
Name[da]=Affald
Name[de]=Mülleimer
Name[el]=Σκουπίδια
Name[en_GB]=Wastebin
Name[eo]=Rubujo
Name[es]=Papelera
Name[et]=Prügikast
Name[eu]=Zaborra
Name[fa]=زباله*دان
Name[fi]=Roskakori
Name[fr]=Corbeille
Name[he]=�שפה
Name[hr]=Smeće
Name[hu]=Szemétkosár
Name[is]=Ruslakarfa
Name[it]=Cestino
Name[ja]=��箱
Name[ko]=ì“°ë ˆê¸°í†µ
Name[lo]=ຖັງຂີ້ເຫàº�ື່àº_
Name[lt]=Šiukšliadėžė
Name[lv]=Miskaste
Name[mn]=Хогийн �ав
Name[mt]=Skart
Name[nb]=Søppel
Name[nl]=Prullenbak
Name[nn]=Papirkorg
Name[nso]=Seswaraditlakala
Name[pl]=Åšmietnik
Name[pt]=Lixo
Name[pt_BR]=Lixo
Name[ro]=Gunoi
Name[ru]=Корзина
Name[se]=Ruskalihtti
Name[sk]=Kôš
Name[sl]=Smeti
Name[sr]=Смеће
Name[sv]=Papperskorg
Name[ta]=Ìô¨À
Name[th]=ถังขยะ
Name[tr]=Çöp
Name[uk]=Смітник
Name[uz]=Чиқиндилар қути�и
Name[ven]=Tshikha
Name[vi]=Thùng rác
Name[wa]=Batch
Name[xh]=Inkukumo
Name[xx]=xxTrashxx
Name[zh_CN]=回收站
Name[zh_TW]=垃圾桶
Name[zu]=Izibi
Comment=Contains removed files

This is taken from kde 3.2-beta so names are different, adjust it to your likings. It gives you an idea of how to do it, though. By the way, can you change the icon by doing wastebin rightclick > properties/preferences (what is it) and then clicking the current icon?

Hmmmm. That was silly huh?

Make a file named .directory in the trash bin. Then paste all this crap in it.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Directory
Icon=trashcan_full
EmptyIcon=trashcan_empty
Name=Trash
Name[af]=Gemors
Name[ar]=سلة الن�ايات
Name[az]=Zibil
Name[be]=Сьметнік
Name[bg]=Кошче
Name[bn]=আবর�জনা
Name[bs]=Smeće
Name[ca]=Paperera
Name[cs]=Koš
Name[cy]=Sbwriel
Name[da]=Affald
Name[de]=Mülleimer
Name[el]=Σκουπίδια
Name[en_GB]=Wastebin
Name[eo]=Rubujo
Name[es]=Papelera
Name[et]=Prügikast
Name[eu]=Zaborra
Name[fa]=زباله‌دان
Name[fi]=Roskakori
Name[fr]=Corbeille
Name[ga]=Bruscar
Name[gl]=Lixo
Name[he]=�שפה
Name[hi]=रद�दी
Name[hr]=Smeće
Name[hsb]=Papjernik
Name[hu]=Szemétkosár
Name[is]=Rusl
Name[it]=Cestino
Name[ja]=��箱
Name[ko]=ì“°ë ˆê¸°í†µ
Name[lo]=ຖັງຂີ້ເຫàº�ື່àº_
Name[lt]=Šiukšliadėžė
Name[lv]=Miskaste
Name[mk]=Ѓубре
Name[mn]=Хогийн �ав
Name[mt]=Skart
Name[nb]=Søppel
Name[nds]=Schietkraam
Name[nl]=Prullenbak
Name[nn]=Papirkorg
Name[nso]=Seswaraditlakala
Name[pl]=Åšmietnik
Name[pt]=Lixo
Name[pt_BR]=Lixo
Name[ro]=Gunoi
Name[ru]=Корзина
Name[sk]=Kôš
Name[sl]=Smeti
Name[sr]=Смеће
Name[sr@Latn]=Smeće
Name[sv]=Papperskorg
Name[ta]=க�ப�பை
Name[tg]=Қуттии партов
Name[th]=ถังขยะ
Name[tr]=Çöp
Name[uk]=Смітник
Name[uz]=Чиқиндилар қути�и
Name[ven]=Tshikha
Name[vi]=Thùng rác
Name[wa]=Batch
Name[xh]=Inkukumo
Name[xx]=xxTrashxx
Name[zh_CN]=回收站
Name[zh_TW]=垃圾桶
Name[zu]=Izibi
Comment=Contains removed files

I suggest you copy and paste. I think the first five lines, the last line and the one for your language are the important ones.

I did this once too.

Later

Thanks guys, but I just realised once i got home a simple reset of my computer fixed it. lol. cheers

You mean you rebooted.

This is simple to solve, you just need to make a copy of roots wastebin and copy it to home user.

Open a console type:-

su

enter root password.

Then type :-

konqueror

You`ll then get konqueror running as root.

Navigate to /root/Desktop and copy trash.desktop (edit/copy)
Navigate to /home/username/Desktop and paste trash.desktop (edit/paste)

You`ll now how a fully working Wastebin with correct icons

Mike

He/She may need to change the permissions too. That would make it have root privledges and only root would be able to delete the contents, and maybe put anything in it. Right click and change it to the correct pemissions for that user. This may help:

-rw-rw-r--   1 dale users    4795 Jul  2 16:21 trash.desktop

Later