Re: [CentOS] [FIXED] Centos 5.7--desktop icons are now a blank sheet of paper with the .desktop filename and they don't work
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 09:40:13AM -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote: On 02/09/2012 05:06 PM, fred smith wrote: new info, see below... On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 08:31:17PM -0500, fred smith wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 08:45:48PM -0500, fred smith wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:22:32AM +0100, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: Vreme: 11/15/2011 03:25 AM, fred smith piše: note that the Desktop folder contains a subdirectory named radio stations, and that its representation on the desktop looks correct. but when I click on it to open up that folder, all its contents are also broken in the same way. Anybody got any clues? First remove all spaces from folder(s) and desktop files. Next, there was some trick when you create your own desktop files, I was receiving similar warning, but I am not sure (at the moment) what was the solution. While you change names, I will later on look for a solution. Tried removing spaces. makes no difference. did a reboot with forced fsck, on the off-chance that would fix something. no such luck. created a whole new user, who CAN create working desktop launchers. which tells me it's something in my own login environment that's messing me up. Wonder what that might be Well, it's fixed. I know the solution, if not the cause: in my home directory, cd to .local/share/mime, delete (or rename) the globs file. log off, log on. voila. I note that the globs file in that location is not the same size as the one in /usr/share/mime globs, which is also no the same size as the one in /usr/local/share/mime/globs. I have no CLUE how it gets generated (unless update-mime-database does it, but I don't know when or by what agency it gets run.) but after rebooting it has not been regenerated, but at least my desktop launchers now work. I note that /usr/share/mime/globs contains: application/x-desktop:*.desktop and that the globs file I renamed in ~/.local/share/mime does not contain such a line. without doing further spelunking, I can only guess that it is the absence of that line that broke my desktop. Wonder how the file could have become broken/corrupted? is there a more correct method of fixing it? So, this afternoon a single update came down, a new selinux policy file. after installing that update, the problem (described above) recurred. So, it's some kind of selinux(-related) issue. If any of you have any further thoughts on this I'd like to hear them. thanks! Fred I would relabel your system touch /.autorelabel; reboot And I would bet that fixes your problem. I'm not sure that it did. I did what you suggest. rebooted then reinserted the glob file (I'd saved it under a different name). it immediately seemed to be still working, but the next day the problem started occurring again, without having installed any other updates. Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. - Jude 1:24,25 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [FIXED] Centos 5.7--desktop icons are now a blank sheet of paper with the .desktop filename and they don't work
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/15/2012 11:40 AM, fred smith wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 09:40:13AM -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote: On 02/09/2012 05:06 PM, fred smith wrote: new info, see below... On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 08:31:17PM -0500, fred smith wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 08:45:48PM -0500, fred smith wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:22:32AM +0100, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: Vreme: 11/15/2011 03:25 AM, fred smith piše: note that the Desktop folder contains a subdirectory named radio stations, and that its representation on the desktop looks correct. but when I click on it to open up that folder, all its contents are also broken in the same way. Anybody got any clues? First remove all spaces from folder(s) and desktop files. Next, there was some trick when you create your own desktop files, I was receiving similar warning, but I am not sure (at the moment) what was the solution. While you change names, I will later on look for a solution. Tried removing spaces. makes no difference. did a reboot with forced fsck, on the off-chance that would fix something. no such luck. created a whole new user, who CAN create working desktop launchers. which tells me it's something in my own login environment that's messing me up. Wonder what that might be Well, it's fixed. I know the solution, if not the cause: in my home directory, cd to .local/share/mime, delete (or rename) the globs file. log off, log on. voila. I note that the globs file in that location is not the same size as the one in /usr/share/mime globs, which is also no the same size as the one in /usr/local/share/mime/globs. I have no CLUE how it gets generated (unless update-mime-database does it, but I don't know when or by what agency it gets run.) but after rebooting it has not been regenerated, but at least my desktop launchers now work. I note that /usr/share/mime/globs contains: application/x-desktop:*.desktop and that the globs file I renamed in ~/.local/share/mime does not contain such a line. without doing further spelunking, I can only guess that it is the absence of that line that broke my desktop. Wonder how the file could have become broken/corrupted? is there a more correct method of fixing it? So, this afternoon a single update came down, a new selinux policy file. after installing that update, the problem (described above) recurred. So, it's some kind of selinux(-related) issue. If any of you have any further thoughts on this I'd like to hear them. thanks! Fred I would relabel your system touch /.autorelabel; reboot And I would bet that fixes your problem. I'm not sure that it did. I did what you suggest. rebooted then reinserted the glob file (I'd saved it under a different name). it immediately seemed to be still working, but the next day the problem started occurring again, without having installed any other updates. Fred Well you can check if SELinux is involved, by executing # ausearch -m avc -ts recent If this returns output it could still be SELinux. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk87/CIACgkQrlYvE4MpobNg8gCfcG7ARdQ2u/s8reNHechpkWvu 1SsAoJHr4sy5OVQUWBHWKEM0IBhxbIxd =b/x/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [FIXED] Centos 5.7--desktop icons are now a blank sheet of paper with the .desktop filename and they don't work
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Daniel J Walsh dwa...@redhat.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/15/2012 11:40 AM, fred smith wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 09:40:13AM -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote: On 02/09/2012 05:06 PM, fred smith wrote: new info, see below... On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 08:31:17PM -0500, fred smith wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 08:45:48PM -0500, fred smith wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:22:32AM +0100, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: Vreme: 11/15/2011 03:25 AM, fred smith piše: note that the Desktop folder contains a subdirectory named radio stations, and that its representation on the desktop looks correct. but when I click on it to open up that folder, all its contents are also broken in the same way. Anybody got any clues? First remove all spaces from folder(s) and desktop files. Next, there was some trick when you create your own desktop files, I was receiving similar warning, but I am not sure (at the moment) what was the solution. While you change names, I will later on look for a solution. Tried removing spaces. makes no difference. did a reboot with forced fsck, on the off-chance that would fix something. no such luck. created a whole new user, who CAN create working desktop launchers. which tells me it's something in my own login environment that's messing me up. Wonder what that might be Well, it's fixed. I know the solution, if not the cause: in my home directory, cd to .local/share/mime, delete (or rename) the globs file. log off, log on. voila. I note that the globs file in that location is not the same size as the one in /usr/share/mime globs, which is also no the same size as the one in /usr/local/share/mime/globs. I have no CLUE how it gets generated (unless update-mime-database does it, but I don't know when or by what agency it gets run.) but after rebooting it has not been regenerated, but at least my desktop launchers now work. I note that /usr/share/mime/globs contains: application/x-desktop:*.desktop and that the globs file I renamed in ~/.local/share/mime does not contain such a line. without doing further spelunking, I can only guess that it is the absence of that line that broke my desktop. Wonder how the file could have become broken/corrupted? is there a more correct method of fixing it? So, this afternoon a single update came down, a new selinux policy file. after installing that update, the problem (described above) recurred. So, it's some kind of selinux(-related) issue. If any of you have any further thoughts on this I'd like to hear them. thanks! Fred I would relabel your system touch /.autorelabel; reboot And I would bet that fixes your problem. I'm not sure that it did. I did what you suggest. rebooted then reinserted the glob file (I'd saved it under a different name). it immediately seemed to be still working, but the next day the problem started occurring again, without having installed any other updates. Fred Well you can check if SELinux is involved, by executing # ausearch -m avc -ts recent If this returns output it could still be SELinux. Just cat /selinux/enforce - if that has a 1 in it, then selinux is enabled. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [FIXED] Centos 5.7--desktop icons are now a blank sheet of paper with the .desktop filename and they don't work
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/09/2012 05:06 PM, fred smith wrote: new info, see below... On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 08:31:17PM -0500, fred smith wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 08:45:48PM -0500, fred smith wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:22:32AM +0100, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: Vreme: 11/15/2011 03:25 AM, fred smith piše: note that the Desktop folder contains a subdirectory named radio stations, and that its representation on the desktop looks correct. but when I click on it to open up that folder, all its contents are also broken in the same way. Anybody got any clues? First remove all spaces from folder(s) and desktop files. Next, there was some trick when you create your own desktop files, I was receiving similar warning, but I am not sure (at the moment) what was the solution. While you change names, I will later on look for a solution. Tried removing spaces. makes no difference. did a reboot with forced fsck, on the off-chance that would fix something. no such luck. created a whole new user, who CAN create working desktop launchers. which tells me it's something in my own login environment that's messing me up. Wonder what that might be Well, it's fixed. I know the solution, if not the cause: in my home directory, cd to .local/share/mime, delete (or rename) the globs file. log off, log on. voila. I note that the globs file in that location is not the same size as the one in /usr/share/mime globs, which is also no the same size as the one in /usr/local/share/mime/globs. I have no CLUE how it gets generated (unless update-mime-database does it, but I don't know when or by what agency it gets run.) but after rebooting it has not been regenerated, but at least my desktop launchers now work. I note that /usr/share/mime/globs contains: application/x-desktop:*.desktop and that the globs file I renamed in ~/.local/share/mime does not contain such a line. without doing further spelunking, I can only guess that it is the absence of that line that broke my desktop. Wonder how the file could have become broken/corrupted? is there a more correct method of fixing it? So, this afternoon a single update came down, a new selinux policy file. after installing that update, the problem (described above) recurred. So, it's some kind of selinux(-related) issue. If any of you have any further thoughts on this I'd like to hear them. thanks! Fred I would relabel your system touch /.autorelabel; reboot And I would bet that fixes your problem. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk81LE0ACgkQrlYvE4MpobML0ACgg+knb3H8FI47ZmYmwV75keLx OFgAn1wa0JNPxp3DPRMgEjJNTCYt/Pbx =lyys -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [FIXED] Centos 5.7--desktop icons are now a blank sheet of paper with the .desktop filename and they don't work
new info, see below... On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 08:31:17PM -0500, fred smith wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 08:45:48PM -0500, fred smith wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:22:32AM +0100, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: Vreme: 11/15/2011 03:25 AM, fred smith piše: note that the Desktop folder contains a subdirectory named radio stations, and that its representation on the desktop looks correct. but when I click on it to open up that folder, all its contents are also broken in the same way. Anybody got any clues? First remove all spaces from folder(s) and desktop files. Next, there was some trick when you create your own desktop files, I was receiving similar warning, but I am not sure (at the moment) what was the solution. While you change names, I will later on look for a solution. Tried removing spaces. makes no difference. did a reboot with forced fsck, on the off-chance that would fix something. no such luck. created a whole new user, who CAN create working desktop launchers. which tells me it's something in my own login environment that's messing me up. Wonder what that might be Well, it's fixed. I know the solution, if not the cause: in my home directory, cd to .local/share/mime, delete (or rename) the globs file. log off, log on. voila. I note that the globs file in that location is not the same size as the one in /usr/share/mime globs, which is also no the same size as the one in /usr/local/share/mime/globs. I have no CLUE how it gets generated (unless update-mime-database does it, but I don't know when or by what agency it gets run.) but after rebooting it has not been regenerated, but at least my desktop launchers now work. I note that /usr/share/mime/globs contains: application/x-desktop:*.desktop and that the globs file I renamed in ~/.local/share/mime does not contain such a line. without doing further spelunking, I can only guess that it is the absence of that line that broke my desktop. Wonder how the file could have become broken/corrupted? is there a more correct method of fixing it? So, this afternoon a single update came down, a new selinux policy file. after installing that update, the problem (described above) recurred. So, it's some kind of selinux(-related) issue. If any of you have any further thoughts on this I'd like to hear them. thanks! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. - Proverbs 15:9 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [FIXED] Centos 5.7--desktop icons are now a blank sheet of paper with the .desktop filename and they don't work
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 08:45:48PM -0500, fred smith wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:22:32AM +0100, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: Vreme: 11/15/2011 03:25 AM, fred smith piše: note that the Desktop folder contains a subdirectory named radio stations, and that its representation on the desktop looks correct. but when I click on it to open up that folder, all its contents are also broken in the same way. Anybody got any clues? First remove all spaces from folder(s) and desktop files. Next, there was some trick when you create your own desktop files, I was receiving similar warning, but I am not sure (at the moment) what was the solution. While you change names, I will later on look for a solution. Tried removing spaces. makes no difference. did a reboot with forced fsck, on the off-chance that would fix something. no such luck. created a whole new user, who CAN create working desktop launchers. which tells me it's something in my own login environment that's messing me up. Wonder what that might be Well, it's fixed. I know the solution, if not the cause: in my home directory, cd to .local/share/mime, delete (or rename) the globs file. log off, log on. voila. I note that the globs file in that location is not the same size as the one in /usr/share/mime globs, which is also no the same size as the one in /usr/local/share/mime/globs. I have no CLUE how it gets generated (unless update-mime-database does it, but I don't know when or by what agency it gets run.) but after rebooting it has not been regenerated, but at least my desktop launchers now work. I note that /usr/share/mime/globs contains: application/x-desktop:*.desktop and that the globs file I renamed in ~/.local/share/mime does not contain such a line. without doing further spelunking, I can only guess that it is the absence of that line that broke my desktop. Wonder how the file could have become broken/corrupted? is there a more correct method of fixing it? thanks all! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
