.Trash collection doesn't work (Solved)

[Frode Petersen]

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> Frode Petersen wrote:
>> I created a new logical volume and mounted it directly under my home 
>> directory.
> 
> ok. now try mounting it under '/home' to see what happens. this way, all users
> will have access to common files.

This is what I did. The problem was that I gave root ownership to that 
directory and exclusive write permissions to root. This prevented Gnome 
from creating the .Trash-<USER> directories in that partition's top 
directory. (I tried to make a .Trash directory earlier, but that didn't 
work.) I created those directories, and now everything is as I want it.

Thanks for taking the time to help; it was one of those times when I 
really couldn't figure out the obvious reasons.

> and i am still having a problem
> in seeing why you feel need to store data files in their own partition. main
> reason of '/home' on it's own partition is to be able to maintain users and
> data common to more than one system install.

I consider this a special case that wouldn't serve as a model for 
important systems. This way I can use different operating systems 
without having to reboot every time some other member of the family 
needs the computer.

>> different versions of programs.
> 
> different versions *should* have back compatibility to read old files. saving
> and reading by older versions is where you will/may have problems.

They should, but do they always? I don't know, but I don't want to risk 
one stable setup for testing another. The main downside I see is that I 
will have to set up all programs for each system, so setups won't 
propagate to the others. I guess this requires some discipline on my part.


> i do believe that you need to take a break, set back and think about what
> you are trying to do and reason a strong justification for having 2 lv
> setups that can actually be done with one lv.

I have thought quite a bit about this already, but I don't think I'll 
know the final answer before I have tried it for some time. Besides, 
it's an opportunity to gain some experience. It would be dull if 
everyone did the same thing... conformists belong to the world with 
fences ;-)

Take care, Frode