[Solved] Wastebasket not working

spaceman · 2017-12-28 23:06:43

Let me start off by saying that I have been Googling myself stupid(er) trying to resolve this issue. I have found many posts and thread about it some exhibiting the same errors and issues I have. Any and all of the solution I have tried have failed. So I thought I'd post here in specialist XFCE forum. I apologise if my Internet and forum searches have had the wrong search criteria and this issue has been addressed. resolved and done to death.

Distro: antiX Linux, based on Debian (Testing), Core - a minimal install with basic tools. systemd free.
Linux 4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp #2 SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 11 17:04:46 BST 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Desktop icon non-existence.

Accessing Wastebasket from Places:

antiX Linux Core ship without X, or a graphical DE.
I install xorg, nVidia/Radeon proprietary drivers, then install the Debian xfce4 meta package; thunar-volman; and gvfs...
*thunar is already the newest version (1.6.13-2).
*xfce4 is already the newest version (4.12.4).
*gvfs is already the newest version (1.34.1-2.0nosystemd1).
*thunar-volman is already the newest version (0.8.1-2).

Any pointers?

Last edited by spaceman (2017-12-30 10:24:12)

ToZ · 2017-12-29 01:01:00

Hello and welcome.

You need gvfs* installed and running. Strange thing is, I just downloaded the latest antix core iso, and the testing gvfs packages don't seem to have any lib or bin files included. Compare it to the stable release. It might be a packaging problem.

spaceman · 2017-12-29 01:50:37

ToZ, that's a great call. I reverted to the stable repos, ripped out gvfs* and autoremoved orphaned files.

I reinstalled the stable package and that did not resolve my issue. This may well be a packaging issue though, what files should I have (I'm thinking this could also have implications for gvfs-mount and reason why I removeable (usb) drive are not automounted too, but one problem at a time eh?) big_smile

ToZ · 2017-12-29 02:53:25

Here is the gvfs testing package: http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/testing/poo … _amd64.deb.
Here is the gvfs stable package: http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/stable/pool … _amd64.deb.

Have a look at the contents of both. The testing package is missing the library files in /usr/lib/......
On my antix core install, I am missing those library files. The same is the case with the other gvfs-* packages which leads me to believe there is an issue with the packaging.

I'm not sure about installing the stable packages into testing. Make sure you have gvfs-backends and gvfs-fuse installed as well.

Jerry3904 · 2017-12-29 13:27:07

I forwarded the link to this thread to anticapitalista, the antiX lead developer, and he responded just now:

Thanks Jerry - fixed debs uploaded to the repos. Should be available soon

Thanks for chasing that down, ToZ!

spaceman · 2017-12-29 13:53:37

Hey Jerry! Great to stumble on another antiX / Mepis user out in the wild.

I do visit the antiX Forum a lot and the guys there are very helpful. I genuinely thought I'd hit an issue based around my own ignorance of xfce rather than an actually problem with my distro. After 15 years with Linux I tend to blame myself first and take a lot of convincing the distro is at fault.

Thank you ToZ for getting to the bottom of the problem so quickly. I was at the point where I thought I wasn't installing a small, but crucial component and it turns out I was right but not at the level I was considering. More knowledge is more power. big_smile

Jerry3904 · 2017-12-29 14:44:44

Mepis is long dead, but I am a happy MX user (and also antiX).

anticapitalista · 2017-12-29 16:15:18

Just popped in the say thanks to ToZ for finding the problem. New gvfs debs are now available in antiX testing and sid repos.

ToZ · 2017-12-29 19:58:20

Welcome anticapitalista. Glad I could help.

Are there any plans to fix the packages in the stable branch as well?
Nevermind, got my repos mixed up.

Last edited by ToZ (2017-12-29 19:59:36)

spaceman · 2017-12-30 10:23:41

Thank you ToZ and anti!

Wastebasket working as expected (usb automounting also working as expected)! cool

Last edited by spaceman (2017-12-30 10:24:42)

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