----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 30 Dec 2002 11:53:38 +1100
To: Angus Auld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [newbie] trash icon broken :-(
> On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 10:52, Angus Auld wrote:
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: 30 Dec 2002 05:12:43 +1100
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] trash icon broken :-(
> >
> > > On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 23:57, Angus Auld wrote:
> > > > Greetings, I have a broken trash icon on my Mandrake 9.0.
> > > > It doesn't show the full icon when there are files within,
> > > > just shows an empty icon w/cover on.
> > > > I can remember seeing a method to repair this somewhere,
> > > > but I can't find it now when I need it.
> > > >
> > > > The trash will empty OK, just not display a full icon.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone tell me how to fix this little problem ;-)
> > > >
> > > > TIA.
> > > > --Angus
> > >
> > > What desktop are you running - KDE? Gnome?
> > >
> > > --
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> > Thanks for the reply Stephen, I for got to mention what desktop.......sorry.
> > I'm running KDE. I like all them bells and whistles ;-)
> > --Angus
>
> Here's something to try that I did before - open up a term - the term,
> of course, will open up in your ~/home/whateveryernameis directory -
> right? Right...now, type "cd Desktop/Trash"...that puts you in the
> actual "Trash" directory....right? Right!...now, there's a file in that
> directory, it's hidden - it's called ".directory" - right? Right...so,
> what you can do is "mv .directory .directory-old" - right? Right...so
> now, exit outta KDE, then log back in - you should have your "Trash"
> back to the way it used to be! (Works here...but then again, lots of
> things work here that don't work anywhere else...)(g)
>
> Cheers!
>
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Thanks Stephen! That has worked on this side of the world too! My trash can now shows
open and closed ;-)
Tell me this, does the water turn the opposite way when it swirls down the drain
there?? I've always wanted to ask that of someone on the "other side" of the Earth, as
it were. It rotates counter-clockwise here. :-)
Thanks for the help once again....much appreciated.
All the best to you.
--Angus
"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness."--James
Thurber
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