I had this exact same problem. I downloaded a zip file and without thinking set the application to fileroller, and then after that every download opened up fileroller and gave me an error message. How was I supposed to know I had to pick Thunar?
Incidentally the thing about preferences -> application tab being empty is a separate bug, theres a link to it in the forum post i post below. If you have accidentally set the downloads to use an app other than thunar there is a way to fix it... You need to reset your download actions. http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions#Resetting_download_actions In my case I simply had to delete the mimeTypes.rdf file in that folder and the next time I downloaded a file I got the original question again about which app and I correctly picked Thunar. You can read more about it in this Mozilla support forum post. http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=651588 This bug needs fixing big time! I dont think a newbie user would do anything but pick the wrong app and wouldnt have a clue how to fix it, afterall thats what happened to me. ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- Firefox doesn't know what apps to use to open any type of downloaded files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220504 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
