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On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 12:00 +0200, Sascha Hlusiak wrote: |
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> Hello List, |
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> somehow all default file associations are broken in my gnome installation and |
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> seem to point at the KDE applications instead. |
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> When right-clicking in nautilus on a pdf file, the default action is |
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> kghostview instead of evince (in kde the default is acroread) and the default |
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> action for inode/directory even is cervisia which makes gnome desktop |
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> unusable like that. When logging in in KDE the right kde applications are |
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> offered as default but in Gnome they used to be different. |
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> Where are gnome defaults handled? |
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> "xdg-mime query default inode/directory" shows correct app in kde but is empty |
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> in gnome. |
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> Calling "update-mime-database /usr/share/mime" and "update-desktop-database" |
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> do not change anything. Does anyone have a hint where to look? What role does |
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> gnome-vfs play? |
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> Yes, I can change the settings in my user, but since it's a multiuser system, |
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> it is important to change the defaults. |
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Does this happen to all of your users? I mean: does this also happen if |
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you create a new user, and log as it into GNOME? |
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In case it's only a 1-user-problem: take a look at |
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~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list |
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This is where users file associations should be set. |
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Bye, |
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Daniel |
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