Comment 47 for bug 72468

After installing Ubuntu 8.10 on a new Compaq notebook about 2 weeks ago, I noticed the trash icon displayed an empty icon after having deleted a number of personal files.
The icon displays a notice "No items in Trash" when pointed to but right clicking it shows the option to Empty trash active. Both left clicking the icon and right clicking the icon selecting the Open option open Nautilus displaying the files which reside in the trash directory. Additionally, the Nautilus GUI displays a Trash-full icon, and using the bottom panel icon the Empty trash results in the trash being emptied after which Nautilus displays a Trash-empty icon.
Googling for help turns up similar problems going back to 2005, none of which provide any useful answers. Could this problem be given a little more attention, and if I could provide any additional information that might help I am available 24/7 as I retired from AT&T over 10 years ago and life is short. Linux is definitely NOT unix, but much more useful than WinXP/Vista.