This is common with Netscape. It tries to associate *.rpm files with RealPlayer, if you have that installed. If not, then Netscape tries to handle the file itself by default. In Netscape, go to Edit | Preferences, then select Navigator and the Applications sub-menu. Look in the Description column for Real Player Media, or Real Player Movie. If you find it, click Edit and verify that the listing is attached to *.rpm files. If yes, then edit the entry to default to Save to Disk, rather than Handled By Plugin. If you do NOT find a matching entry for Real Player, then you can create one. Click New, then give a description like "RPM Package". For MIME Type, use "application/RPM". For Suffixes, enter "rpm". Click the Save To Disk option, then click OK and OK again. From now on, Netscape will save-to-disk any file with a .rpm extension. Dave At 08:04 AM 12/14/2000 -0700, you wrote: >I have checked the file associations in konqueror and they are as they should >be. All files with the *.rpm pattern are associated with x-rpm but when I >view a site with rpms on it (or my own home directory with downloaded rpms) >they carry a netscape association such that if I select one, it tries to open >netscape rather than kpackage or other appropriate app. > >I tried adding *.i586 and *.i686 to the pattern thinking that it is making >the common netscape mistake of truncating the filename one dot too short but >this didn't help. MOST rpms are still displayed with netscape icon >associations rather than the proper rpm icon. > >How does one correct this? >-- >Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain >--- >praedor > >Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: >Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Dave Sherman SoftServ Business Systems, Inc. "Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
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