Some items are not visible in trash and can't be deleted.

Bug #478759 reported by Tania Owatatsumi
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: nautilus

Ubuntu 9.10.11

Some hidden files removed from an USB key won't show in trash folder and can't be deleted though the hovertext displayed when the mouse pointer is above the trash icon mentions 15 of them.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Nov 8 23:29:58 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nautilus 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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Tania Owatatsumi (taniaowatatsumi) wrote :
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Tania Owatatsumi (taniaowatatsumi) wrote :

Find a screenshot here.

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Nigel Babu (nigelbabu) wrote :

this is most likely because you didn't use Ctrl + H to show hidden files

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Nigel Babu (nigelbabu)
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
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Nigel Babu (nigelbabu) wrote :

Hi, thanks for logging the bug. Could you please try right clicking the trash and clicking "Empty Trash"?

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Won't Fix → Incomplete
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) 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
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