Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:13:16 -0800 From: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why only abiword in preferred applications? Message-ID: <1102565596.65316.2.camel@server.mcneil.com> In-Reply-To: <opsip20ou99aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <1102559213.64667.3.camel@server.mcneil.com> <opsipythyg9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <1102563455.64827.12.camel@server.mcneil.com> <1102563958.64827.16.camel@server.mcneil.com> <opsip2d2zk9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <1102564751.64827.22.camel@server.mcneil.com> <opsip20ou99aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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--=-tD5Pcsy6oDxnBj+ric8f Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 22:06 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:59:11 -0800, Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> wrote: >=20 > > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 21:52 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > >> On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:45:58 -0800, Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> wrot= e: > >> > >> > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 19:37 -0800, Sean McNeil wrote: > >> >> On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 20:35 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > >> >> > On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:26:53 -0800, Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > > I cannot get gedit or anything else showing in the Default Text > >> >> Editor > >> >> > > tab. Select an Editor only shows abiword now. I've reinstalle= d > >> >> > > gnomecontrolcenter2 and a few other things along with gedit2. > >> >> Nothing > >> >> > > has worked. I've searched with the gconf editor and I do not s= ee > >> >> > > abiword in there. It sucks that all my clicks in nautilus now = =20 > >> open > >> >> > > files in abiword :( > >> >> > > >> >> > You can change that by go to nautilus -> right click on text edit= or > >> >> file > >> >> > -> propteries -> Open With and select what you want the default t= o > >> >> be. I > >> >> > dislike what AbiWord team has decided to add text/plain in their > >> >> mimetype > >> >> > too. I can remove it from the *.desktop if I get the high vote. > >> >> > >> >> This has nothing to do with abiword having a text/plain mimetype. = =20 > >> That > >> >> is perfectly legitimate to have more than one program that can =20 > >> handle a > >> >> particular kind of file. > >> >> > >> >> I found the root cause why gedit wasn't in my selector. It was =20 > >> missing > >> >> in the mimeinfo.cache. I did an update-desktop-database and that =20 > >> got it > >> >> into the selector. But now I cannot select it and have it stay. > >> >> > >> >> If I select "Text Editor", which is the gedit.desktop Name, it will= =20 > >> not > >> >> stay. There must be some issue with gconf2 not being able to save = my > >> >> selection so it always chooses the first one in the mimeinfo.cache. > >> > > >> > Sorry to reply to my own message, but... > >> > > >> > I took a look at my .xsession-errors and bingo! Here is the error =20 > >> when > >> > running from a terminal: > >> > > >> > [sean@server sean]$ gnome-default-applications-properties > >> > > >> > (gnome-default-applications-properties:65144): libgnomevfs-WARNING *= *: > >> > Deprecated function. User modifications to the MIME database are no > >> > longer supported. > >> > > >> > So for some reason when I try to select the editor it is trying to > >> > update the MIME database. > >> > >> Can you show us your pkg_info or `ls /var/db/pkg`? Are there any chanc= e > >> that your apps aren't up to date? > > > > I can send that, but it is huge. Please let me know if you feel it > > necessary. All packages are up-to-date as of Today. Also, I should sa= y > > that your method of changing it in nautilus works perfectly and when I > > bring up the control center again it shows that it is selected. So, > > nautilus is doing the right thing and control center is broken when it > > tries to set it. It can read it just fine, though. >=20 > I have seen this error before somewhere in debian or gentoo when =20 > libgnomevfs2 and control-center mismatch (2.6 VS 2.8). I believe, it can = =20 > be found in google by search for 'User modifications to the MIME database= =20 > are no longer supported.' OK, so hopefully this will get resolved with an update somewhere. Here are most of the gnome related packages I have (sans icon packages): /var/db/pkg/gnome-cups-manager-0.27_1,1 /var/db/pkg/gnome2-2.8.1 /var/db/pkg/gnome2-fifth-toe-2.8.1_1 /var/db/pkg/gnome2-office-2.8.1_1 /var/db/pkg/gnome2-power-tools-2.8.1 /var/db/pkg/gnomeapplets2-2.8.2 /var/db/pkg/gnomeaudio2-2.0.0 /var/db/pkg/gnomeblog-0.7_4 /var/db/pkg/gnomecommon-2.8.0 /var/db/pkg/gnomecontrolcenter2-2.8.1_1 /var/db/pkg/gnomedesktop-2.8.1 /var/db/pkg/gnomegames2-2.8.2 /var/db/pkg/gnomegames2-extra-data-2.8.0 /var/db/pkg/gnomehier-1.0_20 /var/db/pkg/gnomeicu2-0.99.5_1 /var/db/pkg/gnomekeyring-0.4.0 /var/db/pkg/gnomekeyringmanager-0.0.3_2 /var/db/pkg/gnomemag-0.11.11 /var/db/pkg/gnomemedia2-2.8.0_1 /var/db/pkg/gnomemimedata-2.4.2 /var/db/pkg/gnomenetstatus-2.8.0_2 /var/db/pkg/gnomenettool-0.99.3_1,1 /var/db/pkg/gnomepanel-2.8.2 /var/db/pkg/gnomepilot2-2.0.12_1 /var/db/pkg/gnomesession-2.8.1_1 /var/db/pkg/gnomespeech-0.3.5 /var/db/pkg/gnomespell-1.0.5_4 /var/db/pkg/gnomesu-0.3.1_1 /var/db/pkg/gnomesystemmonitor-2.8.1 /var/db/pkg/gnomesystemtools-1.0.2 /var/db/pkg/gnometerminal-2.8.2 /var/db/pkg/gnomeuserdocs2-2.8.1 /var/db/pkg/gnomeutils2-2.8.1_1,1 /var/db/pkg/gnomevfs2-2.8.3_1 --=-tD5Pcsy6oDxnBj+ric8f Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBt9DcyQsGN30uGE4RAhbuAKDhuXph8zzeRxvpYCkPs5GtbvRBYgCg2UiY 22ePVWOSDjePGQFAzCQh0gg= =YmLj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-tD5Pcsy6oDxnBj+ric8f--
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