Thanks for your input David, that's what I was looking for as far as
fixing the problem. I would say however, this shouldn't have to be done
for every file every time you load this system on a new computer -
should it? (I use several different computers.) I don't remember ever
having to do it before, at least not for commonly used programs. Maybe
if I had an .xyz file in my directory and wanted it to open with some
home written program, then I would expect that - but an .rpm file? An
.mp3 file? Since the kmp3 icon gets stamped on the .mp3 file by
default, why not also associate the program by default? Then if someone
wanted to change from say kmp3 to xmms being there default, you could
point them to that very helpful kfm howto.
Thanks again, Mike
p.s. no sarcasm intended. =)
David Faure wrote:
>
> 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
>
> --
> David FAURE
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://home.clara.net/faure/
> KDE, Making The Future of Computing Available Today
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