Can't empty trash

[LethalWolfe]

Everytime I empty the trash I either get a kernal panic or a lock-up that requires a hard reboot. The only thing in the trash can is crappy label making proggie (click and design 3d) that came w/the CD Stomper thingie to help put labels on CDs/DVDs.

What is the terminal command for emptying the trash? Hopefully that will work. And is there anyway to empty part of the trash instead of the whole thing?


Lethal

 

[chv400]

i dont know if youve tried this but have you tried holding option while emptying

 

[musicpyrite]

Here is the command for emptying the trash when using the Terminal:

sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/

Just be mother F***in careful when typing that command!!!!

If you type 'sudo rm -rf' in the Terminal in the root user mode, you will delete your system folder and loose all your data.

 

[bousozoku]

Here is the command for emptying the trash when using the Terminal:

sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/

Just be mother F***in careful when typing that command!!!!

If you type 'sudo rm -rf' in the Terminal in the root user mode, you will delete your system folder and loose all your data.

It's definitely dangerous enough that you should put it into a script, so that you get it right once and keep it that way.

 

[broken_keyboard]

You can use the program Cocktail to do a force empty of the trash if you don't want to use the console.

 

[LethalWolfe]

No luck so far. Kernal panics everytime I try to empty the trash (no matter how I try) and when I try to drag the folder out of the trash.

Nuts.


-Lethal

 

[musicpyrite]

No luck so far. Kernal panics everytime I try to empty the trash (no matter how I try) and when I try to drag the folder out of the trash.

Nuts.


-Lethal

You could try deleting the Trash, and making a new one.

(type the the stuff in the quotes, but don't type the quotes)
1) To delete the Trash ( ) type 'sudo rmdir .Trash'
2) To create a new Trash, type 'mkdir Trash'
since the original Trash is hidden, you will need to hid it yourself.
3) type this to hide the trash: 'mv -i Trash .Trash'

Of course I don't know if this will work or not, you may just have to reinstall Panther.

You could try a 3rd party app like one of these.

Oh, and you spell kernel panick wrong.