Roy Wright wrote: > > On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> When I do I get dozens of lines of applications lacking a MimeType key. >> Here are the first few. >> >> allan gottlieb # update-desktop-database --verbose >> Search path is now: [/usr/local/share/applications, >> /usr/share/applications] >> Could not create cache file in directory >> '/usr/local/share/applications': >> Error opening directory '/usr/local/share/applications': No such >> file or directory >> File '/usr/share/applications/gksu.desktop' lacks MimeType key >> File '/usr/share/applications/yelp.desktop' lacks MimeType key >> File '/usr/share/applications/reclevel.desktop' lacks MimeType key >> File '/usr/share/applications/meld.desktop' lacks MimeType key >> >> I googled but only found msgs where things were failing. >> >> Should I be concerned about the lack of MimeType keys and if so what >> should I do about it. >> > > For grins, I ran the command and received a lot of the same messages > (probably all the kde4 apps and a few dozen non-kde4). So I'll second > the OP's RFI... > > TIA, > Roy > > >
For giggles I did the same thing. Bring a dump truck because I have both KDE 3.5 and KDE 4.3 installed. It is a loooooooooong list of the same. I can post them if needed but don't really see the need to post a big message. x86 with little unstable installed except for KDE4. Maybe this is "normal"? Dale :-) :-)

