I don't think that I have had the problem recently either. I ran "empty trash" just now, & it worked as it should.
In the past, I was a bit slack about emptying the trash folder, so it would build up to a large number. When I started having problems, I wondered whether the large number of e-mails may have contributed to the problem... -- I could not empty the trash folder https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325157 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs