Are you still experiencing this problem with current Dapper? The trash applet is working OK here
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- trash applet crashes on gnome-panel start-up https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/30150 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs