Snow 10.6.2 trash (Long time)

Hi
anybody have this problem after 10.6.2
When i emty the trash it takes forever ??? just normal stuff i delete.
After i press "Emty trashcan" it takes very very long time to emty it.
i'm on a new 27" iMac btw.
thx

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I have a MacBook White (13-inch, Mid 2009) that isn't unibody, and was running Leopard 10.5.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2343732
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==========
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I quit the X11:
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Mar 1 00:45:45 n219073058253 [0x0-0x22022].org.x.X11[327]: Quitting Xquartz...
Mar 1 00:45:45 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: /usr/X11/bin/xinit: connection to X server lost.
Mar 1 00:45:45 n219073058253 org.x.startx[335]: waiting for X server to shut down
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