Bug#693459: dolphin: Dolphin executes executable files instead of using the registered application
Package: dolphin
Version: 4:4.4.5-2
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
When clicking an executable (chmod +x) file in Dolphin, it runs it instead of using the associated program.
This might be the desired behaviour in some cases, and might not be in others: a preferences option should be
provided to configure this behaviour.
Some links of complaints about this:
* forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=52818
* http://askubuntu.com/questions/179155/how-to-force-dolphin-to-not-execute-executable-files
Konqueror doesn't behave like this, actually opening the file with the registered application. It's good to
have it as a workaround, but with this issue fixed I and others could use Dolphin exclusively.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.6
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages dolphin depends on:
ii kdebase-runtime 4:4.4.5-1 runtime components from the offici
ii libc6 2.11.3-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libkdecore5 4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3 the KDE Platform Core Library
ii libkdeui5 4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3 the KDE Platform User Interface Li
ii libkfile4 4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3 the File Selection Dialog Library
ii libkio5 4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3 the Network-enabled File Managemen
ii libknewstuff3-4 4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3 the "Get Hot New Stuff" v3 Library
ii libkonq5 4:4.4.5-2 core libraries for Konqueror
ii libkparts4 4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3 the Framework for the KDE Platform
ii libkutils4 4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3 various utility classes for the KD
ii libnepomuk4 4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3 the Nepomuk Meta Data Library
ii libnepomukquery4a 4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3 the Nepomuk Query Library for the
ii libphonon4 4:4.6.0really4.4.2-1 the core library of the Phonon mul
ii libqt4-dbus 4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 D-Bus module
ii libqtcore4 4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 core module
ii libqtgui4 4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 GUI module
ii libsoprano4 2.5.0+dfsg.1-1 libraries for the Soprano RDF fram
ii libstdc++6 4.4.5-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii phonon 4:4.6.0really4.4.2-1 metapackage for the Phonon multime
Versions of packages dolphin recommends:
ii kfind 4:4.4.5-2 file search utility
ii ruby 4.5 An interpreter of object-oriented
dolphin suggests no packages.
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