https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364548
Bug ID: 364548
Summary: Dolphin cannot change default application for a file
extension (and doesn't notify you about it)
Product: dolphin
Version: 15.12.3
Platform: Ubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: dolphin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: b...@gmx.net
Changing the default application for a certain file type, e.g. JPGs, should be
done via the Open -> Other... dialogue, clicking some application and ticking
the "Remember association for all files" box.
This doesn't work here atm. Googling around, I found that dolphin might use
~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list, where my viewer for most image files
is still gpicview, which I removed some while ago. When using this dialogue to
open some file, it is correctly opened with the tool that I chose. The next
time however, some random tool is used, up to opening the Wine Internet
Explorer for a gif file for example.
I found that the mimeapps.list for some reason has ownership root:root with
rwrr rights. chowning to my user account doesn't help, as the file doesn't get
altered. However, it is working until the dolphin session is closed. So some
second file must be in use that I do not know of.
-> Bug 1) It does not work when re-opening dolphin, so this isn't a permanent
fix. Nonetheless, I think a warning message should pop up if the mimeapps.list
cannot be altered and some user settings get lost because of this.
-> Bug 2) If I alter the file manually to let's say GIMP or Ristretto, dolphin
instantly obeys this settings and it works as it should. We can't dolphin set
this via the file extension dialogue?
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open your file in dolphin via Open->Other
2. Check "Remember application association for all files of type $yourfiletype"
3. Choose an application for your file
4. Click OK
5. Close dolphin and other application, open same file again
Actual Results:
6. Some weird random application opens up
Expected Results:
6. The exact tool that was chosen in step 3 opens the file
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