[CentOS] Dumb question (KDE Trash Can)
Ross S. W. Walker
rwalker at medallion.com
Sat Apr 21 16:57:43 UTC 2007
> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Mark Weaver
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 12:41 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Dumb question (KDE Trash Can)
>
> On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 12:14 -0400, Robert Spangler wrote:
> > On Sat April 21 2007 12:04, Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> > > I've got a really dumb question. I seem to have lost my
> Trash Can on my
> > > KDE desktop and try and as I might I can't get it back.
> Anyone have any
> > > idea how I can create this again or get it back? It's on
> the desktop as
> > > it should be in Gnome, but has disappeared from the KDE desktop.
> >
> > It's just a folder. You can create a new one by right
> clicking on your
> > desktop and creating a folder. Then point that folder to
> >
> > /home/<user>/Desktop/Trash
> >
>
> yeah...um here's the rub.., I get the distinct impression it's not
> "just" another folder. you can create tons of folders anywhere on the
> filesystem and not one of them will behave the same way the
> Trash folder
> does which leads me to believe there is something special
> about it. For
> instance when you delete stuff it auto-magically goes into the "trash"
> folder. When you right click on it one of your choices is
> "Empty Trash".
>
> So I'm pretty certain it's not just a folder.
Look in:
/usr/share/apps/kdesktop
file: directory.Trash
If it exists edit it and make sure it is not hidden.
Also:
/usr/share/apps/systemview
file: trash.desktop
Make sure it exists and isn't hidden.
-Ross
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