Looks like you didn't configure the file associations properly.
(More exactly that the DefaultApp field for the mimetypes is missing).
Those mimetypes files (mimelnk/*/*.kdelnk) are not touched by the "menu"
thing, right ?
In this case I think it's just a problem in your configuration.
It's all very well explained with nice screenshots and all on
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/userguide/en/reference/004.html#38
Why not try to follow the instructions there, and we'll see to it
if there's still a problem somewhere ?
David.
On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 05:42:21PM -0700, Michael Holt wrote:
> Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> >
> > Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Michael Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > That would probably be the problem; I don't have the last part in my
> > > > /usr/lib/menu/kmp3 file (the part that says kde_mimetype=.....)
> > > > Has that been changed in more recent packages? Or do I just need to
> > > > edit the file myself? The player works fine, and sound is configured
> > > > correctly, that is everything seems to be working (however, I don't have
> > > > a folder /usr/share/sndconfig on my system).
> > >
> > > Yep, we changed that about one week ago.
> > >
> > > You can edit the file by yourself and launch "update-menus", if you don't
> > > want to d/l the new package.
> >
> > forgot: and logout of KDE, re-login, at that time KDE will parse all the
> > mimetypes to build up its auto-association.
> >
> > --
> > Guillaume Cottenceau
>
> Ok, this is still a problem. I tried editing the files myself, and they
> still didn't work. Tried updating the 'menu' package (I assumed this
> was the correct package to update) and rebooted, still no change. This
> is a strange problem indeed; when I click on an .xpm file, the image
> viewer program opens and displays the icon. When I right-click on the
> same file, the menu gives me the option of opening that file with the
> image viewer or the icon editor -> that's the way it should be. When I
> open a text file, same thing, I get the correct program opening up by
> default to show the contents of the file. Now, when I open an .rpm file
> (as user or root), the 'open with' browser pops up asking me what I want
> to use to open that file -> even though kde already assigned the the
> correct 'rpm' icon to it -> I'm assuming that kde does know what kind of
> file it is. Same thing with .mp3 files, they are assigned the 'kmp3'
> icon, but I still get the 'open with' browser asking what program I want
> to use. When I right click on the .mp3 file, there are no options for a
> program to open with, just the top of the menu which says 'open with'.
> Same thing with .avi, they have the correct icon, they just don't know
> that they should use 'aktion' to open up.
>
> Does this make sense? To me, it seems like something in kde is broken;
> some files work, some don't. Can you direct me to the correct package
> for updating? I'm stumped.
>
> Thanks for your patience, Mike
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