The issue is with Google-Chrome. I purged Chrome, rebooted and was able to set the default for the xml file to gedit.
After installing chrome again, the same behavior of chrome stealing the default and not allowing any change continued. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1460483 Title: File Properties "Open-With" Won't Set Default Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: It used to work, but now I'm trying to associate gedit with a .contact (xml) file and it won't switch from Google Chrome as the default. Right-mouse on .contact file Click "Open-With" Select "gedit" (related applications) Click "Set as default" The highlighted selection switches to the current Default Application that is Google-Chrome and doesn't switch to gedit. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.14.2-0ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-20.20-generic 3.19.8 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun May 31 16:06:50 2015 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-visible-columns' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'mime_type']" b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'use-tree-view' b'true' b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-31 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1460483/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
