[SOLVED] Cannot move file to trash

Shark · 2011-03-08 20:44:25

Hi

When i try to delete files they are deleted but they do not appear in trash bin. So when i click on "Move to trash" the pop up window appear and say:

Cannot move file to trash, do you want to delete immediately?

What am i doing wrong?

Last edited by Shark (2011-03-09 08:23:27)

stlarch · 2011-03-08 20:53:54

What DE/wm are you using? Try searching the wiki first.

emk · 2011-03-08 20:54:01

What file system do the files reside on? Is it a network filesystem, NTFS or such? You may want to post your /etc/fstab entry fro the relevant partitions here.

emk

Shark · 2011-03-08 21:50:31

Hi

@stlarch
I am using Gnome. I have searched forums - no luck. I will search on.

@emk
right now i am not on my computer. I will post fstab tommorow.

If i delete files from archlinux (ext4) the files won't show up in Trash.
But if i mount another ext4 with no OS on it and if i delete the files than files will show up in Trash. But if i mount another filesystem on which Ubuntu resides the files won't show up in Trash. So i guess that the problem is with filesystems.

stlarch · 2011-03-08 21:53:47

Try searching for GNOME on the wiki. You'll need to install gvfs if you don't have it already.

Last edited by stlarch (2011-03-08 22:12:54)

Shark · 2011-03-09 07:23:35

@stlarxh
I have already got installed gvfs. Interesting thing is that the Trash folder under ~/.local/share/Trash
have the following permission:

drwx------ 4 root root  4096 Feb 27 21:57 Trash

On Ubuntu it has this permissions:

drwx------ 5 saso 1000  4096 Sep 20 10:19 Trash

If i change permission from root to my username i can't delete files at all. Has this got something with group 1000? How can i add group 1000?

@emk
my fstab:

#
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
devpts                 /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
shm                    /dev/shm      tmpfs     nodev,nosuid        0      0
/dev/sda3 / ext4 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda1   /media/Razno     ext4   users,auto,errors=remount-ro    0    1

/dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0

/dev/sda3 is ArchLinux, /dev/sda1 is a custom partition.

Shark · 2011-03-09 08:22:08

I have solved it.

I did the followings:

mv ~/.local/share/Trash ~/Strange_Trash && mkdir ~/.local/share/Trash && rm -fr ~/Strange_Trash

source: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … ms-solved/

It seems that only permissions were the problem. But i am still wondering what this group 1000 menas.

Thx for help guys

skunktrader · 2011-03-09 14:38:15

Shark wrote:

It seems that only permissions were the problem. But i am still wondering what this group 1000 menas.
Thx for help guys

Ubuntu creates a group with same name as your user name, with gid=uid, as your default group. Arch uses group users (gid=100) as your default group.

Shark · 2011-03-09 15:35:39

Aaaaaa. Thx skunktrader, that makes sense. And my base of knowledge has increased

archie0 · 2012-07-10 19:17:33

Had this problem too.
For noobs like me, I'll post the correct command:

sudo mv ~/.local/share/Trash ~/Strange_Trash && mkdir ~/.local/share/Trash && sudo rm -fr ~/Strange_Trash

Arch Linux

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