On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 06:14:01PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 20:03:24 -0400 > Fred Smith wrote: > > > > On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:58:21 -0400 > > > Fred Smith wrote: > > > > > > > On a Centos 6.6 system, I've got a "trash" icon on the desktop that > > > > indicates there is trash. > > > > > > > > but when I open the trash can it's empty. > > > > > > Perhaps you have a file whose name starts with a . in the trash, i.e. a > > > "hidden file". > > > > > > > how can I reset that flag, where/whatever it is? > > > > > > Right-click on the trash can, select Empty Trash. > > > > Thanks Frank, but I've already done that (just did it again) and > > it doesn't help. > > Your Trash directory is under ~/.local/share/Trash Ah ha. I think I found the culprit. I had mounted several partitions from a disk image a while back and apparently never unmounted them nor removed the partiton mappings. Got rid of those and now there's no "phantom" trash. Fred -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 ----------------------------- The Boulder Pledge -----------------------------