GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 521198
Emptying trash shows a "Preparing" dialog with a non-moving progress bar
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:49:59 UTC
The bug has been opened on https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/198385 "When emptying the trash (I used the "Empty Deleted Items" button at the top of the file list in Nautilus) a new gvfs style dialog pops up with a progress bar at 0% saying "Preparing". It stays at 0% for the duration of the empty and then disappears when it's done. I imagine it should say "Emptying Deleted Items" and the progress bar should either update, or not be displayed at all."
I can confirm this bug on Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10. A annoyance of an issue that really needs resolving.
I can also confirm this on Fedora 10 with Nautilus 2.24.2. It seems that no matter how many files are in the Trash, it will never show any progress beside 0%. As a side note: shouldn't the "Component:" read "Trash" instead of "GIO"?
Still happening on Ubuntu 10.04 with Nautilus 2.30.1. It looks and feels (to the end user) like an actual problem, despite just being a cosmetic issue.
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