On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 12:00 +0200, Sascha Hlusiak wrote: > Hello List, > > somehow all default file associations are broken in my gnome installation and > seem to point at the KDE applications instead. > > When right-clicking in nautilus on a pdf file, the default action is > kghostview instead of evince (in kde the default is acroread) and the default > action for inode/directory even is cervisia which makes gnome desktop > unusable like that. When logging in in KDE the right kde applications are > offered as default but in Gnome they used to be different. > > Where are gnome defaults handled? > "xdg-mime query default inode/directory" shows correct app in kde but is > empty > in gnome. > Calling "update-mime-database /usr/share/mime" and "update-desktop-database" > do not change anything. Does anyone have a hint where to look? What role does > gnome-vfs play? > > > Yes, I can change the settings in my user, but since it's a multiuser system, > it is important to change the defaults. Does this happen to all of your users? I mean: does this also happen if you create a new user, and log as it into GNOME?
In case it's only a 1-user-problem: take a look at ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list This is where users file associations should be set. Bye, Daniel -- PGP key @ http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de/pks/lookup?search=0xBB9D4887&op=get # gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0xBB9D4887
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