I think I had the same problem. It said there was 1 item. But there was none in it. In the file .gnome/gnome-vfs/.trash_entry_cache it seems it caches information about the trash can. There was a line pointing to a patch that did not exist anymore. When I deleted the file, and reloaded the trashcan applet by removing/adding it (maybe logout would work too) it was working probably again.
-- Gnome Trash don't empty https://launchpad.net/bugs/55453 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
