[CentOS] Dumb question (KDE Trash Can)

[Mark Weaver]

On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 12:57 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> > -----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

Aaaaaaaaaaah yes! thank you Ross. That did the trick. I
copied /usr/share/apps/kdesktop/desktop.trash into
~/.kde/share/apps/kdesktop/ and it works now. 

I thought it might be something like that but just ran into a wall as to
where exactly to look to restore it.

-- 
Mark

"If you have found a very wise man, then you've found
a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough
to learn from his own stupidity."
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