[ale] Gnome nautilus/mime-type associations

[Scott Castaline]

Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 20:41 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 19:52 -0400, Scott Castaline wrote:
>>     
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>> try this thread from Ubuntu:
>>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/6795
>>>
>>> when I looked at the file mentioned it looked like something that may 
>>> work for you
>>>       
>> Thanks Scott.  That just seems to help with the file association part
>> (i.e what happens when I double click a file) but not with the part
>> about the default icon used for the file when viewed within nautilus.
>>
>>     
>
> Well, I got it solved by doing the following:
>
> (as root) vi /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml and change the
> file ext settings for "audio/x-musepack" to be .mp3 and .mp4 (as opposed
> to the default of .mp+ which is stupid for them to do).  I then had to
> run "update-mime-database /usr/share/mime" and finally as my userid I
> ran "killall nautilus" and when nautilus reloaded all my .mpp files
> (which by the way I do detest) had the correct icon which is supplied by
> Crossover Office.   
>
> I guess the problem is that system mime definitions
> (i.e. /usr/share/mime/*) take precedence over user settings (i.e.
> ~/.local/share/mime/*).
>
> Scott, thanks for getting me pointed into the right direction.
>
> -Jim P.
>
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>   
Glad I could help although my thumb hurts from missing the nail with the 
hammer ;=o