why only abiword in preferred applications?

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:59:11 -0800, Sean McNeil <sean at mcneil.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 21:52 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:45:58 -0800, Sean McNeil <sean at mcneil.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 19:37 -0800, Sean McNeil wrote:
>> >> On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 20:35 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> >> > On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:26:53 -0800, Sean McNeil <sean at mcneil.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > I cannot get gedit or anything else showing in the Default Text
>> >> Editor
>> >> > > tab.  Select an Editor only shows abiword now.  I've reinstalled
>> >> > > gnomecontrolcenter2 and a few other things along with gedit2.
>> >> Nothing
>> >> > > has worked.  I've searched with the gconf editor and I do not see
>> >> > > abiword in there.  It sucks that all my clicks in nautilus now  
>> open
>> >> > > files in abiword :(
>> >> >
>> >> > You can change that by go to nautilus -> right click on text editor
>> >> file
>> >> > -> propteries -> Open With and select what you want the default to
>> >> be. I
>> >> > dislike what AbiWord team has decided to add text/plain in their
>> >> mimetype
>> >> > too. I can remove it from the *.desktop if I get the high vote.
>> >>
>> >> This has nothing to do with abiword having a text/plain mimetype.   
>> That
>> >> is perfectly legitimate to have more than one program that can  
>> handle a
>> >> particular kind of file.
>> >>
>> >> I found the root cause why gedit wasn't in my selector.  It was  
>> missing
>> >> in the mimeinfo.cache.  I did an update-desktop-database and that  
>> got it
>> >> into the selector.  But now I cannot select it and have it stay.
>> >>
>> >> If I select "Text Editor", which is the gedit.desktop Name, it will  
>> not
>> >> stay.  There must be some issue with gconf2 not being able to save my
>> >> selection so it always chooses the first one in the mimeinfo.cache.
>> >
>> > Sorry to reply to my own message, but...
>> >
>> > I took a look at my .xsession-errors and bingo!  Here is the error  
>> when
>> > running from a terminal:
>> >
>> > [sean at server sean]$ gnome-default-applications-properties
>> >
>> > (gnome-default-applications-properties:65144): libgnomevfs-WARNING **:
>> > Deprecated function.  User modifications to the MIME database are no
>> > longer supported.
>> >
>> > So for some reason when I try to select the editor it is trying to
>> > update the MIME database.
>>
>> Can you show us your pkg_info or `ls /var/db/pkg`? Are there any chance
>> that your apps aren't up to date?
>
> I can send that, but it is huge.  Please let me know if you feel it
> necessary.  All packages are up-to-date as of Today.  Also, I should say
> that your method of changing it in nautilus works perfectly and when I
> bring up the control center again it shows that it is selected.  So,
> nautilus is doing the right thing and control center is broken when it
> tries to set it.  It can read it just fine, though.

I have seen this error before somewhere in debian or gentoo when  
libgnomevfs2 and control-center mismatch (2.6 VS 2.8). I believe, it can  
be found in google by search for 'User modifications to the MIME database  
are no longer supported.'

Cheers,
Mezz

> Thanks,
> Sean


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