My Gnome (registry) is b0rken.
Lara Ullman
lullman at gmail.com
Fri Apr 22 14:13:46 EDT 2011
Let me win...
:P
Have no mercy. Losing is educational.
On 4/22/2011 11:21 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Actually, my friend, Lara, nailed it (the Google fu is strong with her):
> ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list had an entry thusly:
> inode/directory=vlc.desktop;
>
> I'm guessing this happened when I tried to run VLC on a DVD's hierarchy.
> She found the link here:
> http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=256782
>
> Thanks, all!
>
> -Ken
>
> P.S. Lara -- does this mean I have to let you win in chess next time?
>
> On Fri, April 22, 2011 9:16 am, Tom Engle wrote:
>> Is there anything funny looking in either ~/.gtk-bookmarks or
>> ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs?
>>
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>> Tom
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>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio<ken at jots.org> wrote:
>>
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>>> Running Ubuntu; if I go to Places -> $MOSTANYCHOICE (e.g., "Home
>>> Folder"),
>>> lo! My vlc starts up, and I'm watching Ghostbusters. And, while
>>> Ghostbusters is not to be sneered at, it's unlikely to offer the
>>> directory listing for which I'm looking.
>>>
>>> As I'd prefer to not blow away *all* my settings, I was wondering if
>>> anyone might have any suggestions on how to track this one down. The
>>> funny thing is, it functions correctly for *some* selections. Here --
>>> my current layout:
>>>
>>> Home folder: vlc
>>> Desktop: vlc
>>> Documents: vlc
>>> Music: vlc
>>> Pictures: vlc
>>> Video: vlc
>>> Computer: Computer(!)
>>> 269 MB Filesystem [from an inserted SD card]: vlc
>>> 15 GB Filesystem [ibid.]: vlc
>>> Network: Network
>>> sftp for ken on 192.168.21.100: vlc Connect to server: connect-to-server
>>> dialog
>>>
>>> Just noticed two things:
>>> - vlc fires up *different* things, depending on where it's launched
>>> - Not all destinations that launch vlc have playable media, so it's not
>>> like it's triggering on something it's finding.
>>>
>>> So, things I'm looking for, in order of preference:
>>> - Way to edit the Gnome menu option associations to find out what's
>>> wrong. - Way to blow away *just* Gnome's settings.
>>> - Random suggestions that might offer insight.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>> -Ken
>>>
>>>
>>>
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