Launchpad has imported 5 comments from the remote bug at https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420431.
If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2020-04-22T20:12:05+00:00 Orctarorga wrote: In the desktop file `org.kde.kdeconnect_open.desktop`, the `MimeType` is `*/*`. `update-desktop-database` is a tool provided in `desktop-file-utils` that > updates the database containing a cache of MIME types handled by desktop files When running `update-desktop-database`, it throws an error saying that > "*/*" is an invalid MIME type ("*" is an unregistered media type) This is reported in [Clear Linux](https://github.com/clearlinux/distribution/issues/1906) and [Arch Linux](https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/65865) STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Run `update-desktop-database` OBSERVED RESULT > "*/*" is an invalid MIME type ("*" is an unregistered media type) Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdeconnect/+bug/1878400/comments/0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2020-04-23T06:57:42+00:00 8p-k26-gj wrote: Is that probably what the "all/allfiles" type is for? Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdeconnect/+bug/1878400/comments/1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2020-04-23T15:12:51+00:00 Saikat Patra wrote: I can reproduce this in v1.4, might be present in later versions too. */* is not a valid mime type. If I assume this mime type is supposed to include all files, the valid mime type for that is application/octet- stream. Modifying /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kdeconnect_open.desktop to reflect the same fixes the issue. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdeconnect/+bug/1878400/comments/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2020-04-24T15:05:03+00:00 Rex Dieter wrote: there's multiple validation errors with this .desktop file, MimeType is one: $ desktop-file-validate kdeconnect-kde-20.04.0/data/org.kde.kdeconnect_open.desktop | grep error: kdeconnect-kde-20.04.0/data/org.kde.kdeconnect_open.desktop: error: (will be fatal in the future): value "*/*;" for key "MimeType" in group "Desktop Entry" contains value "*/*" which is an invalid MIME type: "*" is an unregistered media type kdeconnect-kde-20.04.0/data/org.kde.kdeconnect_open.desktop: error: key "MimeType" is present in group "Desktop Entry", but the type is "Service" while this key is only valid for type "Application" kdeconnect-kde-20.04.0/data/org.kde.kdeconnect_open.desktop: error: key "Exec" is present in group "Desktop Entry", but the type is "Service" while this key is only valid for type "Application" kdeconnect-kde-20.04.0/data/org.kde.kdeconnect_open.desktop: error: key "Terminal" is present in group "Desktop Entry", but the type is "Service" while this key is only valid for type "Application" kdeconnect-kde-20.04.0/data/org.kde.kdeconnect_open.desktop: error: key "Categories" is present in group "Desktop Entry", but the type is "Service" while this key is only valid for type "Application" Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdeconnect/+bug/1878400/comments/3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2020-06-14T10:04:30+00:00 Philipp Reichmuth wrote: You can fix this by changing */* to application/octet-stream as suggested by Saikat Patra. There are patches to this end for a number of distributions all over the internet, like here: https://github.com/void-linux/void- packages/commit/17060bfa012b12896d3d7ec502caa154af6135b4, but it's an upstream issue. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdeconnect/+bug/1878400/comments/6 ** Changed in: kdeconnect-desktop Importance: Unknown => Medium ** Bug watch added: github.com/clearlinux/distribution/issues #1906 https://github.com/clearlinux/distribution/issues/1906 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878400 Title: Invalid MIME type in org.kde.kdeconnect_open.desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kdeconnect-desktop/+bug/1878400/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
