SUMMARY STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. install Dolphin from apt repository on Ubuntu 2. open Dolpin config 3. select Wastebin OBSERVED RESULT Dolphin lists two paths under 'Wastebin': """ / /media/username/datadir """ The second of these is a directory of data connected by an external drive. I cannot edit these paths, nor remove them, nor add to them. Ultimately, it means cannot use Dolphin at all. I can't risk proceeding if it thinks my root and data folders are its trash dir. EXPECTED RESULT It should list my trash folder: ~/.local/share/Trash It should also give me the option to add, remove and edit entries. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS xfce4/bionic,bionic,now 4.12.4 libqt4-dbus/bionic,now 4:4.8.7+dfsg-7ubuntu1 amd64 libqt5core5a/bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2.5 amd64 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Running xfce.
This is a very old version of Dolphin. I suspect that it has been fixed in the two years since 17.12 was released. Can you attach a screenshot showing the issue? Also could you try upgrading to a more recent version and seeing if it still happens there?
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Created attachment 127591 [details] attachment-17552-0.html Indeed, it is, and it was. I fixed the problem by installing kubuntu backports ppa: https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/backports It upgraded Dolphin to dolphin:amd64 (4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1). Dolphin handled the trash properly. But the backport, it seems, broke my system. Hence my late reply after you lent your attention to the problem. I couldn't fix it, had take emergency measures to restore my data and reinstall my system. I haven't reinstalled Dolphin since. I had been trying it to see what it could do in conjunction with Dolphin. I may have missed something in the brief time it was working. But it seemed not nearly as capable as kfind, used alongside Thunar.
Thanks for the update; changing status.
Baloo. I had been trying to see what Dolphin would do in conjunction with Baloo. Not, as I said above (can't see where to edit the comment), trying to see what Dolphin would do in conjunction with Dolphin. Anyways, thanks for coming to my aid.