On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:58 PM, RiverWind <riverwind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: The error was to the effect that the deletion could not take place, > because my media was "read only." This being a flash drive, which > is designed for the import and export of files on a highly regular > basis, it should not become "read only" media. How would I go about > correcting this? I do not even know how this change took place. I > was not even able to go into the waist folder and delete items one- > by-one. Try opening a console and use sudo to gain root privileges before trying to delete the files. I suspect your system is set such that root privileges are required to empty the trash. Best regards, Paul _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list