Am Sonntag 13 September 2009 20:02:09 schrieb Daniel Troeder: > 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? Yes, it happens with an empty user as well.
> 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. The file does not exist for my user. When I mount the home on a Debian system, the defaults from that machine work fine, so it's not the user. Where are the global defaults anyway, if you want to change the order, maybe? Where could you globally prefer acroread over evince and gedit over xemacs? - Sascha
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