Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 22:06:14 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Sean McNeil" <sean@mcneil.com> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why only abiword in preferred applications? Message-ID: <opsip20ou99aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <1102564751.64827.22.camel@server.mcneil.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>
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On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:59:11 -0800, Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> wrote: > 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> wrote: >> >> > 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 reinstalled >> >> > > gnomecontrolcenter2 and a few other things along with gedit2. >> >> Nothing >> >> > > has worked. I've searched with the gconf editor and I do not see >> >> > > abiword in there. It sucks that all my clicks in nautilus now >> open >> >> > > files in abiword :( >> >> > >> >> > You can change that by go to nautilus -> right click on text editor >> >> file >> >> > -> propteries -> Open With and select what you want the default to >> >> 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. >> That >> >> is perfectly legitimate to have more than one program that can >> handle a >> >> particular kind of file. >> >> >> >> I found the root cause why gedit wasn't in my selector. It was >> missing >> >> in the mimeinfo.cache. I did an update-desktop-database and that >> 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 >> 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 >> 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 chance >> 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 say > 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. I have seen this error before somewhere in debian or gentoo when libgnomevfs2 and control-center mismatch (2.6 VS 2.8). I believe, it can be found in google by search for 'User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported.' Cheers, Mezz > Thanks, > Sean -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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