Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome
I like to have gtkpod launch whenever I attach my ipod to my Ubuntu
system. In previous version of Ubuntu, I would just set gtkpod as the
preferred application to launch in the Preferred Applications System
Preferences.
After upgrading from Gutsy to Hardy (8.04), I noticed that whenever I
plugged my iPod in, Rythmbox would launch. Not what I wanted to happen
and what was previously configured (having gtkpod launch).
After confirming that I gtkpod was upgraded as part of my dist upgrade,
I checked out the Preferred Applications settings (System -> Preferences
-> Preferred Applications -> Multimedia tab) and saw that Rythmbox was
indeed the configured application for the Multimedia Player.
So I clicked the drop down menu which only lists Totem as the other
alternative and Custom.
So I chose custom, typed in gtkpod, then closed the window.
Then I re-connected my iPod and Rhythmbox started again, followed by
gtkpod which gave an error because the iPod was already loaded somewhere
else.
I was only able to use gtkpod after closing both applications and then
relaunching gtkpod.
So I tried setting the Preferred Multimedia application to None (Custom
with a blank field) and Rhythmbox still lauches.
I even disabled the iPod plugin in Rhythmbox and it still launches and
attaches to the iPod when I connect the device.
This is SERIOUSLY broken behavior from an end user standpoint.
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1) lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
2) Not sure which package the Preferred Applications option is under, I
presume gnome.
3) I would have expected that the application that I set to launch would
have launched by itself and given me access to my device. Also, if I
set the configuration for no action, I would have expected nothing to
happen other than my device's filesystem being automounted.
4) See above
** Affects: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[Hardy] gnome preferred applications for multimedia doesn't fully accept custom
setting
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/233794
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