[solved] Trash is named as "Wastebasket". Want to change it to "Trash"

sitwano · 2017-07-13 15:40:59

Hi all, I've recently installed arch linux on my laptop. It appears that the Trash folder has been named as "Wastebasket" and I can't seem to change it back to "Trash". I've tried changing my locale to US and language to EN_US in settings but nothing happens. I really hate the word "Wastebasket".

I've also come across this post on the ubuntu forum which is similar to my problem and I've tried changing my locale as I've stated previously.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/85241/h … or-recycle

I'm not sure how to change this anymore and I would greatly appreciate anyone's help!

OS : Arch linux
Desktop : Gnome 3.24

Last edited by sitwano (2017-07-13 20:50:48)

Docbroke · 2017-07-13 15:59:58

Did you reboot after changing locale?

ooo · 2017-07-13 16:08:16

It should be named "Trash" with en_US locale.

What's the Language set to in gnome-control-center->Region and Language? ~~IIRC it should change your language instantly, without need to reboot.~~ (EDIT. nvm, it prompts you to restart the session.)

If that, and Docbroke's suggestion didn't help: Did you uncomment en_US.UTF-8 in /etc/locale.gen and run locale-gen? You could also post the output of 'locale' command, and contents of /etc/locale.conf.

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Mr.Elendig · 2017-07-13 17:22:49

org.gnome.nautilus.desktop trash-icon-name 'pr0n storage'

edit: too bad you can't right-click rename it like the xdg user dirs, but then again the freedesktop standard, sadly, hardcodes the name of the Trash directory.

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sitwano · 2017-07-13 18:12:18

I've checked everything. Language is set to en_US everywhere. The following is my output when I run locale in the terminal:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

The following is in my /etc/locale.conf file:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

So the question then would be: why is my langauage setting not being respected? And yes, I've restarted my computer several times.

Could it be that during the installation it only downloaded en_GB because thats what I originally chose? What if its defaulting to en_GB because en_US isn't installed, even though I am able to choose it as my language choice?

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sitwano · 2017-07-13 18:13:53

Mr.Elendig wrote:

org.gnome.nautilus.desktop trash-icon-name 'pr0n storage'
edit: too bad you can't right-click rename it like the xdg user dirs, but then again the freedesktop standard, sadly, hardcodes the name of the Trash directory.

It doesn't work. I get the following error in terminal:

bash: org.gnome.nautilus.desktop: command not found

Last edited by sitwano (2017-07-13 18:15:54)

Mr.Elendig · 2017-07-13 18:33:39

It is not a command, it is a GSettings key. Use the dconf-editor gui or dconf cli tool to change/set it.

sitwano · 2017-07-13 18:45:50

Mr.Elendig wrote:

It is not a command, it is a GSettings key. Use the dconf-editor gui or dconf cli tool to change/set it.

Ok I did this, but I was surprised to see that it was already set to "Trash" in dconf editor.

Furthermore, changing the locale and region doesn't appear to change the language systemwide. I've tried to change language to belgium french and it seems that it only changes the language for the calendar and the GDM login screen. Everything else stays in English.

I'm completely lost now. Any other suggestions?

sitwano · 2017-07-13 18:55:51

Ok guys/gals. Seems like the locale settings in Arch is a bit buggy. Choosing en_IN (India) solved the problem. But now I have a new problem. If I change locale to anything other than en_US my gnome-terminal doesn't start up.

What a clusterf*&k. Seriously, it shouldn't be this complicated....

Last edited by sitwano (2017-07-13 19:24:38)

Mr.Elendig · 2017-07-13 19:39:05

Did you actually build the locale you selected?

sitwano · 2017-07-13 19:42:02

Yes I guess so... thats what locale-gen is for right?

Trilby · 2017-07-13 19:42:31

sitwano wrote:

Seems like the locale settings in Arch is a bit buggy.

PEBKACs are not bugs.

What a clusterf*&k. Seriously, it shouldn't be this complicated....

I agree, it should be much easier to get users to read the wiki and do things right.

sitwano · 2017-07-13 19:59:23

Trilby wrote:

sitwano wrote:
Seems like the locale settings in Arch is a bit buggy.
PEBKACs are not bugs.
What a clusterf*&k. Seriously, it shouldn't be this complicated....
I agree, it should be much easier to get users to read the wiki and do things right.

I understand you see people everyday posting on the forum without reading the arch wiki. However I did and I followed everything. This is why I posted this in the supposed "Newbie Corner"

I'm having problems with gnome terminal not opening after changing the locale. Now if this is normal behaviour then I'll be on my way.

Edit: I solved this problem by following the arch-wiki exactly down to the last word. However the only reason why all my past attempts failed was because I naively assumed gnome settings was fully functional. The region and locale settings in Gnome is without a doubt buggy as that was what I was using to change the locales after editing the locale.gen and running locale-gen.

The method that works is to edit locale.gen, run locale-gen --purge, run LANG= source /etc/profile.d/locale.sh and then restart computer.

Last edited by sitwano (2017-07-13 20:23:08)

parchd · 2017-07-13 20:46:41

So now that I've read through the thread, could you mark it as [SOLVED]? Thanks

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[solved] Trash is named as "Wastebasket". Want to change it to "Trash"

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