[opensuse] Can't Empty Trash
openSUSE 10.3, KDE I tried to empty my trash bin, and I am getting 'access denied' errors on some items. what could be going on? -- kai - www.filesite.org || www.perfectreign.com government is a process which utilizes 45.5% gut reaction, 45.5% laws and statutes and 1% logic -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 25 September 2008 03:05:51 Kai Ponte wrote:
openSUSE 10.3, KDE
I tried to empty my trash bin, and I am getting 'access denied' errors on some items.
what could be going on?
Check your trash and see if you have any directories in there. It could be that you deleted a directory while running a file manager as root, but with the environment variables pointing to your user's home directory Otherwise, it's odd that you get access denied when trying to delete files. The only permission you need to delete a file is write permission on the directory it's in, and that should be the same for all files in your trash, since it's all stored in a single directory. If the first suggestion didn't pan out, did you recently have a crash? Could it be that you have a corrupted file system there? Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 25 September 2008 03:05:51 Kai Ponte wrote:
openSUSE 10.3, KDE
I tried to empty my trash bin, and I am getting 'access denied' errors on some items.
what could be going on?
Hi, I thin I have had this problem before. I can't remember exactly how to do this at the moment so I will give you some pointers to try and help you. Open up home using konqueror > Desktop > trashcan Change mode to hidden files (view drop down list, click on hidden files). There should be two files displayed, one is named something like patterns or data or something. Open the files one by one to see if anything is in them. Delete the info in the one that has something. That will be the metadata of what you are trying to delete. If doing it that way doesn't get it, then open up konsole. In it su to root. Then type "konqueror /home/your-user-name/Desktop/trash.desktop" without quotes. Make sure hidden files are displayed as above. Look for the same two files, open them one by one to find which contains data. Then delete the problem. That is the general idea of how to do this, but I remember there was something tricky about getting the trash can open to view the files. It is a very important point, unfortunately memory eludes me at the moment and you might have to poke around a little in kongueror to get the trash can open right to see the two files I am talking about (and also can't remember their names, sorry.) Hope this helps get you on the right track! Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Anders Johansson
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Kai Ponte
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Mark Misulich