*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 7560 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/7560
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 3868
Emptying trash should really empty trash
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 7560
Wastebasket fails with read only directories
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can't delete
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 3868 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/3868
Thanks. Same thing just happened to me after trying to compile some
software.
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can't delete some files from root user direcoties from the trash, and the trash
is not restorable
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 3868 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/3868
Can you be more specific as to the problem you are encountering?
Does the command rm -rf ~/.Trash/* return a msg or just return you to a prompt?
also can you please
cd ~/.Trash
then
ls -la
And then past the
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 3868 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/3868
This is likely a permissions issue
** Changed in: Ubuntu
Assignee: (unassigned) = SageMassa
Status: Unconfirmed = Needs Info
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can't delete some files from root user direcoties from the trash, and
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 3868 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/3868
As Sage Massa said this is a permissions error. You can fix it by
running sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*
The fact that your trash can get in to the unemptyable state is bug
3868. Trash not being restorable is bug 14412
