Sorry that I didn't get enough information reported in my bug submittal. The deleted files and folders in question were large and by the time that more info was requested I had already deleted them from the USB Drive using Windows. I am figuring that it had something to do with Windows permissions that were left over when they were moved to the USB drive. I am guessing that Linux was careful to not delete the files since they showed different ownership. It was surprising that I still couldn't remove them even when I tried as root. Since I think that this issue would typically only be a problem on dual boot systems it would seem like the quick fix is to delete those types of files from Windows.
Thank you, James On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Pedro Villavicencio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need > to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. > Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't > hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report > you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change > the Status back to New. Thanks again!. > > ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) > Status: Incomplete => Invalid > > -- > Some files deleted from a USB drive can't be emptied from Trash > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267010 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "nautilus" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > > Bug description: > I deleted some folders off my external USB hard drive and the Trash will > not let me remove all the files. When I emptied the Trash most of the > folders and files were removed but I still have about 100 MB that it won't > allow me to remove. When I checked the hidden directories on the USB drive > they were still there. I have tried numerous commands (that I saw on the > Ubuntu forums, etc and they are still there. > This is really annoying, if the files can't be removed why was I allowed to > move them to Trash in the first place? I have used gksudo nautilus to try > to delete them from the Trash and it still does not let me. I also tried to > change their permissions but still did not have any luck. > > Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1 > Release: 8.04 > -- Some files deleted from a USB drive can't be emptied from Trash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267010 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
