I had the same issue on Intrepid. Couldn't stop the deleting process by clicking on X or stop icon. I pressed on the "Empty trash" again and that deleted everything from Trash. But the first process remained and left as tray icon. First process have ended after restarting nautilus.
-- Emptying trash shows a "Preparing" dialog with a non-moving progress bar https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/198385 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs