When I had this problem in in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), the following worked for me:
1. Go to .local/share/Trash/files in your ´home´ directory, for example on the command line: cd .local/share/Trash/files 2. Type in: sudo rm -r name_of_folder Maybe it is best to check folder and file permissions before trying to send stuff to the wastebasket? The security in Linux also makes for a bit more work. Worth it though! I was trying to get rid of an old edition of the Eclipse IDE. It just didn´t want to budge! -- Wastebasket fails with read only directories https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/7560 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs