On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 12:57 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Weaver > > Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 12:41 PM > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subject: Re: Dumb question (KDE Trash Can) > > > > On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 12:14 -0400, Robert Spangler wrote: > > > On Sat April 21 2007 12:04, Mark Weaver wrote: > > > > > > > I've got a really dumb question. I seem to have lost my > > Trash Can on my > > > > KDE desktop and try and as I might I can't get it back. > > Anyone have any > > > > idea how I can create this again or get it back? It's on > > the desktop as > > > > it should be in Gnome, but has disappeared from the KDE desktop. > > > > > > It's just a folder. You can create a new one by right > > clicking on your > > > desktop and creating a folder. Then point that folder to > > > > > > /home/<user>/Desktop/Trash > > > > > > > yeah...um here's the rub.., I get the distinct impression it's not > > "just" another folder. you can create tons of folders anywhere on the > > filesystem and not one of them will behave the same way the > > Trash folder > > does which leads me to believe there is something special > > about it. For > > instance when you delete stuff it auto-magically goes into the "trash" > > folder. When you right click on it one of your choices is > > "Empty Trash". > > > > So I'm pretty certain it's not just a folder. > > Look in: > > /usr/share/apps/kdesktop > > file: directory.Trash > > If it exists edit it and make sure it is not hidden. > > Also: > > /usr/share/apps/systemview > > file: trash.desktop > > Make sure it exists and isn't hidden. > > -Ross Aaaaaaaaaaah yes! thank you Ross. That did the trick. I copied /usr/share/apps/kdesktop/desktop.trash into ~/.kde/share/apps/kdesktop/ and it works now. I thought it might be something like that but just ran into a wall as to where exactly to look to restore it. -- Mark "If you have found a very wise man, then you've found a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his own stupidity." ============================================== Powered by CentOS5 (RHEL5) _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos