Hi Milan Thanks for the speedy response!
You put me right on track. It appeared from gnomevfs-list that there was no mime type available for gnomevfs for my .doc and .xls files. This is strange since I could open them by clicking on them in Nautilus. Good help info from: http://library.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/mimetypes-9.html.en Anyway, I fixed and added the necessary .xml files in my ~.local/share/mime/packages directory and ran update-mime-database ~/.local/share/mime/. Oh, yes, I had to close Evolution and open it again - voila I can click on attachments to open them and drag and drop files to attach to outgoing emails. I must say, it is really difficult to figure out the details of the MIME system in Linux (I use Ubuntu). Thanks again. GS On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 09:25 +0200, Milan Crha wrote: > On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 08:36 +0200, Grove Steyn wrote: > > If I click on a msword (.doc) file in Evolution nothing happens. It > > opens other file types such as .pdf no problem. (I have Cross Over > > Office installed) > > > > When I run Evolution from the command line, it produces the following > > message when I click on a .doc file: > > > > e-attachment-bar.c-Message: DEBUG: Launch failed: There is no default > > action associated with this location. > > > > Evolution also does not register the correct mime type for .doc files > > when I attach a .doc file to an outgoing email. It registers it as an > > "octet stream". > > > > Help will be greatly appreciated > > > > GS > > Hi, > it seems you've problem with your mime type database, Evolution 2.22.x > uses gnome-vfs, thus it uses same information as is produced by > $ gnomevfs-info your_doc_file.doc > > You should have filled at least these two values: > MIME type : application/msword > Default app : openoffice.org-1.9-writer.desktop > > The "Default app" with the Cross Over Office probably. > > There is some procedure to regenerate (update) the mime type database, > but I'm not aware of exact steps how to do that, I'm sorry. > > Hope that helps, > Milan > > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
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