Have you guys enough disc space left on home? If this is not the case the messages cannot be compacted and hence the trash folder cannot be emptied. So having enough disc space left on home worked for me.
Hope this might help. -- I could not empty the trash folder https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325157 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
