Thunar fails deleting files in xubuntu livecd mode

Submitted by Malena Vasquez

Assigned to Xfce Bug Triage

Link to original bug (#12393)

Description

Link to Launchpad bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunar/+bug/1391809

Hi all,

This bug report is not meaningless because I don't mean deleting a file in the readonly squashfs image...

I find in xubuntu livecd mode (try without installing xubuntu), if I delete a file on the desktop, Thunar raises a dialog says "Unable to find or create trash directory". But it's ok to delete a directory on the desktop.

The core reason for this is described in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/1391807, which is related to glib and overlayfs.

The core intent of this bug report is, that Thunar should treat the error returned by glib more friendly. For example, if glib says it fails to create trash directory, Thunar may raise a dialog says "Do you want to delete the file permanantly?". One good example of such operation is Nautilus. You team can check Nautilus's behavior by running livecd mode of ubuntu (not xbuntu), and trying to delete a file on the desktop.

Thanks!