Re: file association lost after upgrading to gnome 2.6.1

[Ryan McDougall <NQG24419 nifty com>]

On Tue, 2004-13-07 at 14:06 +0200, cyrille bollu aweurope be wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I recently upgraded my desktop from gnome 2.4.2 to gnome 2.6.1 and
> from then file association doesn't work anymore in nautilus. Most of
> my files have unknown type.
> 
> I say "in nautilus" because file association seems to work OK in
> gnome-file-properties.
> 
> Does anyoby has a clue about where this problem is coming from?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Cyrille
> 

AFAIK this is a result of GNOME changing mime databases to a common
freedesktop version. The problems caused by such a move are well known,
and as it is the only way to help is make sure you have the latest
shared-mime-info and submit any bugs you find.

Cheers,
Ryan