gnome trash applet error

[Ioannis Vranos]

Default User wrote:
> Hello! 
> 
> Has anyone else had this happen? 
> On a rather generic Ubuntu 7.10 i386 desktop install, when a file is
> placed in the  Gnome trash applet on the bottom panel, it will say "No
> Items in Trash".  Also the trash icon does not change to look like
> "papers in the wastebasket". And if you right-click the trash icon, the
> "Empty Trash" icon is grayed out.
> 
> But if you open the trash applet, the Nautilus file browser shows the
> file there in the trash folder.  Just drag it back out to the desktop,
> and there it is as if never sent to the trash.  Or you can "Empty Trash"
> or "Delete from Trash" from within Nautilus with no problem.  
> 
> If the trash applet is removed and then added back to the panel, the
> problem is still there.  But logging out of and back into a Gnome
> session after the applet remove/add action does solve the problem.
> Note: this problem does not occur on another computer with a similar
> installation.  
> 
> So, is this a bug, or is there some obscure setting that tells the trash
> applet to "lie" at times about having files in it?  This has happened
> more than once.  


I found myself inconsistencies between trash applet and real Trash bin.
So I removed the trash applet and added the Trash icon on the desktop.