I need to remove a drive Icon From "Computer-File Browser"

[theKbStockpiler]

I am having some difficulty with a USB Flash and have somehow created a permanent icon in this folder that matches the origial mount name. The shape of the icon is the same as a CD ROM. I need the permission of "unknown" to delete it. How do I get rid of this folder?

I'm Using Gnome with Nautilus.

Thanks in advance!

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Which Linux distro are you using?

I need the permission of "unknown" to delete it. How do I get rid of this folder?

You must have root privileges to delete/create anything outside your home folder. Try su or sudo to gain root privileges.

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu nautilus

It will open Nautilus with root privileges and you will have permission to delete/edit/create any file/folder anywhere.

[theKbStockpiler]

I'm using Mandriva 08 and gksu nautilus is not recognized. It has Gnome and Nautilus. I'm working on problem of that I can manually mount a Flash drive but it will not create the correct icon to acccess it in "Computer file-browser'. Some how I created an icon that has the name of the mount I used and it does not disappear when you remove the Flash drive. I have all the modules as far as I know of for it to work.

[devils casper]

As I mentioned earlier, you must have root privileges to delete that Icon. Open Terminal and cd to the location having that Icon. Execute rm command to delete it.

su -
cd path/of/folder
ls

Check if output of ls lists Icon name.

rm -rf icon_name

Make sure to type correct name. Other wise, it can hose your system.

[theKbStockpiler]

I ended up reinstalling my system and the hot plugging utility works fine now. It must have been a dynamic Library issue. If I had not have reinstalled, how would I have found the "Computer file Browser window" path? It is not a user file?


Thanks again for your help. I see your posts all the time and you are a great help to the Linux community.

[devils casper]

Linux filesystem is different from Windows and there is nothing virtual ( a very few exceptions ) in it. Everything in Linux is considered as file only and you can track file path easily. Check /media folder in your fresh installation.