On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 1:27 PM, j t <mark473@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all. > > I'm working on a freshly installed debian lenny box with gnome 2.22, > and whenever I try to add a wastebasket / trash icon to the panel, > nothing appears (I think there's a 1-pixel wide transparent image > added, but I'm not completely sure). > > I've already seen the following bug reports: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=485808 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-applets/+bug/211604 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/195915 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/49594 > > and I've tried all the proposed workarounds / solutions (including > editing /usr/lib/bonobo/servers/GNOME_Panel_TrashApplet.server), but > nothing works for me. I've also tried manually starting > /usr/lib/gnome-applets/trashapplet (after a "killall trashapplet") and > the process doesn't start (after about 2 minutes, the command prompt > reappears and "ps" shows that it there is nothing called trashapplet > running). > > Is there anyone out there who understands enough about how > gnome-applets work who might be able to start me in the right > direction to debug this / find a workaround? > > Thanks, Jaime > Ok, so it doesn't have a dynamic icon which changes to reflect whether there's something in the trash (or not), but for a quick-and-dirty workaround, try: Right-click on panel, select "Add to panel", select "Custom application launcher", then either: a) use "Type: Application", "Name: Trash" and "Command: nautilus trash:/", or b) use "Type: Location", "Name: Trash" and "Location: trash:/" >From an idea by bulislaw (thank you). Jaime _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
