[Bug 128667] Re: Gutsy: OpenOffice doesn't start

2007-07-31 Thread mmxbass
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 127944 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/127944 Exact same bug, exact same error message. Using Kubuntu Gutsy Herd 3 on Athelon 64 x2 3000+, Asus Crosshair motherboard, 8GB system ram. Only non-default aspect of configuration is the nvidia-glx-new driver f

Re: [Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2007-04-16 Thread mmxbass
I would fix it (if I hadn't switched to Kubuntu already) by making an editor application to edit the user's mime settings in ~/.local On Monday 16 April 2007 11:40 am, Daniel Holbach wrote: > Where would you try to fix this? > > ** Changed in: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu) >Importance: Medium => Low

[Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2006-12-06 Thread mmxbass
You know what? I'm going to write an application to manage the local user's mime types myself and upload the source here when I'm finished. Check back in a couple of days. -- Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database. https://launchpad.net/bugs/74339 -- desktop-bugs mailing list de

[Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2006-12-06 Thread mmxbass
Check the article at http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/latest /mimetypes-database.html -- Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database. https://launchpad.net/bugs/74339 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bu

[Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2006-12-06 Thread mmxbass
Consider the contents of /home/username/.local/share/mime Here is contained the mime overrides for various metadata attributes of file types. -- Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database. https://launchpad.net/bugs/74339 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com h

[Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2006-12-06 Thread mmxbass
That is a a minor patchover and does not solve what I am trying to do. I know how to edit the mime DB myself. My issue here is that changing the "Open With" option simply overrides the default application handler. It doesn't change the underlying mime type. For example: you could right click on H

[Bug 74339] Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2006-12-03 Thread mmxbass
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome Step 1: Use gnome. Done Seriously. There is STILL essentially NO way to make any kind of edits or alterations to the MIME database without using the terminal. This really needs to be put to rest. ROX desktop (which uses the universal MIME db just l