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fat trouble.

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/fat-trouble.17775/

vignesh
vignesh Original post #1
Oct 29, 2005 at 6:03 PM
When I delete files on a fat partition from FC4,it doesn`t actually delete them.When I boot into Windows I find a folder named Trash.vignesh and even the free space never increases.The same happened in Ubuntu only thing the deleted files were in that folder.So I deleted from Windows.How to delete the files fully in Linux ?
vignesh
vignesh #2
Oct 29, 2005 at 7:37 PM
Login trouble

Now I have another problem not able to login as a normal user.It says your last session only lasted less than 10 seconds.Login in Failsafe terminal and fix the problem.I had chanaged some file permisions.Now I changed them back but still no luck.
Vishal Gupta
Oct 29, 2005 at 8:30 PM
In linux try to also delete files from Trash can, then they will be permanently removed from HDD and windows will not show them.

Or delete the files in linux permanently using either Shift + Delete.

I too faced the ERROR of last session in SUSE linux once! when i tried to change group permissions for the user.

But don't know the solution for it...
vignesh
vignesh #4
Oct 29, 2005 at 10:09 PM
I did delete them from the trash can once and another time using shift+delete.

the last session, I made the / filesystem`s permission as 777 (all can read and all can write) .Then I get an error saying can`t write .gconf to home directory.I tried changing home dir permissions , still no luck.

The root login works perfectly though..
U
ujjwal #5
Oct 29, 2005 at 10:29 PM
By default, normal users cannot write to mounted directories, you will need to change the line corresponding to the drive in /etc/fstab, and add "umask=000" to the fourth column (where "defaults" is usually present).

Also, setting permissions of / to 777 is extremely dangerous, you need not use such extreme measures :)
vignesh
vignesh #6
Oct 29, 2005 at 10:34 PM
The umask=000 is what is present by default in Ubuntu.
I just set the permissions of / to 777 to see if it works.Anyway mine a standalone home pc and I don`t even use Linux to connect to the internet.

So any other Solution to the second problem ?
U
ujjwal #7
Oct 29, 2005 at 10:37 PM
Are you able to delete files from your windows partitions from the command line? Try running "rm /path/to/file" and see whether any error comes.
vignesh
vignesh #8
Oct 29, 2005 at 10:40 PM
There is no error.The files get deleted but it doesn`t actually delete them.When I boot into Windows I find a folder named Trash.vignesh and even the free space never increases.The same happened in Ubuntu only thing the deleted files were in that folder.So I deleted from Windows
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sba #9
Oct 30, 2005 at 12:42 AM
That is gnome-vfs for you.
*lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2004-August/004539.html
Going by the Ubuntu FAQ
(*www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/faqsection_view?section=Using Ubuntu)
there seems to be a "trashapplet". You need to click on that applet and empty trash.
vignesh
vignesh #10
Oct 30, 2005 at 7:36 AM
Now I get an GDM error to the login problem...