From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 9 04:13:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74D6216A4CE for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 04:13:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.mcneil.com (mcneil.com [24.199.45.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 113B243D49 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 04:13:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sean@mcneil.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.mcneil.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mcneil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C39B6F1A26; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:13:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.mcneil.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.mcneil.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 64696-08; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:13:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from mcneil.com (mcneil.com [24.199.45.54]) by mail.mcneil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6674F19D2; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:13:16 -0800 (PST) From: Sean McNeil To: Jeremy Messenger In-Reply-To: References: <1102559213.64667.3.camel@server.mcneil.com> <1102563455.64827.12.camel@server.mcneil.com> <1102563958.64827.16.camel@server.mcneil.com> <1102564751.64827.22.camel@server.mcneil.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-tD5Pcsy6oDxnBj+ric8f" Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:13:16 -0800 Message-Id: <1102565596.65316.2.camel@server.mcneil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mcneil.com cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why only abiword in preferred applications? X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 04:13:22 -0000 --=-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 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 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 > >> >> 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--