Re: Gnome open can not recognize a file by its name
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Frank McCormick wrote:
> mond wrote:
>> On Feb 19, 7:30 pm, Nuno Magalhães <nunomagalh...@eu.ipp.pt> wrote:
>>>> Recently, my gnome failed to recognize any file by its name extension.
>>> That's actually a good thing if you've been reading the thread about
>>> .desktop "viruses". However, shouldn't gnome fallback to file magic
>>> test if extension test fails?
>>>
>> yes. That, for sure, will avoid some viruses. But the thing is that
>> file magic test is gone on my gnome. I believe a dist-upgrade removed
>> some gnome component which perform magic test. I just can recall the
>> name now.
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>> Recent dist-upgrade wanted to remove a lot of gnome component. Of
>> cause I did not upgrade. The problem happened right after lenny's
>> release. If I can track my update history, I may figure out a way to
>> solve it.
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> I am facing a similar problem with Gnome - recently my desktop icons
> all changed to generic looking icons and they now fail to run the
> program they are supposed to represent. I've been told it is probably
> the result of the current upgrade after the release of Lenny.
>
I fixed my icon problem (which was mime-related apparently) by
downgrading shared-mime-info to the version in Lenny (I run Sid).
Now all I have to do is figure out the aptitude command to keep it there
for a while :)
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