Achim Here is the output of the commands. As you can see, I also don't have a Desktop/trash.desktop directory.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $XDG_DATA_HOME [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ kde-config --path xdgdata-dirs /home/mshapiro/.local/share/desktop-directories/:/usr/share/desktop-directories/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ kde-config --path xdgdata-apps /home/mshapiro/.local/share/applications/:/usr/share/applications/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /home/mshapiro/Desktop/trash.desktop cat: /home/mshapiro/Desktop/trash.desktop: No such file or directory I just copied your trash.desktop into a file on my desktop and got this error message when starting digikam (the program still started): kio (KService*): WARNING: The desktop entry file /usr/share/applications/DefaultPlugins.desktop has Type=Link instead of "Application" or "Service" kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service : /usr/share/applications/DefaultPlugins.desktop I was not able to use digikam to delete a picture. Menachem -- Gnome and KDE trash are incompatible. Was: usdigikam expects trash to be in ~/Desktop/Trash - causes error in Ubuntu https://launchpad.net/bugs/75435 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs