Desktop program links opening as text?

[Daniel Robitaille]

It is as if Nautilus doesn't know the mime type of of the *.desktop
files.  Especially if it is a fresh install.  Is it truly a fresh
install?  i.e, all the OS and your home directory is brand new, or
only the OS was re-installed and your home directory was the one used
for 8.04 and your other installation in recent days.  If it's the
later, I can imagine that maybe one of your previous experiment
corrupted one of the gnme configuration file in your home directory.
The best way to test this is to create a brand new user account as a
test, and see if the same problem occur in that account as well.


On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:23 PM, geo <yaktur at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I posted this question on launchpad but I haven't received any answers yet.
> This is an odd problem with my clean reinstall of 7.10. This is new and I've
> never seen this before.
>
> So I've reinstalled 7.10 last night and updated it today. It is as up to
> date as I believe it can be - but this problem was occurring even prior to
> updates - but on the fresh new installation of 7.10 ONLY.
>
> Ok, to put a link to a program on the desktop, I have to right-click
> something like Firefox or Evolution or some other program link from the
> Applications menu and place the icon on the desktop.
>
> It usually results in the program (Firefox, Evolution, etc...) being
> double-clickable from the desktop, right? It always has up until now...
>
> Now, I tried to put Firefox on the desktop and double-click on it. I got the
> following (below) instead. Why?
>
> And yes, the same thing happens when I try with Evolution (e-mail) or some
> other program, when I create new links out of existing menu-listed programs.
> It seems that once it's on the desktop, it's no longer a link to the
> program.
>
> The icons don't change - only the behaviour changes..
>
> Firefox for example:
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> Version=1.0
> Encoding=UTF-8
> Name=Firefox Web Browser
> Name[ca]=Navegador web Firefox
> Name[cs]=Firefox Webový prohlížeč
> Name[es]=Navegador web Firefox
> Name[fa]=مرورگر اینترنتی Firefox
> Name[fi]=Firefox-selain
> Name[fr]=Navigateur Web Firefox
> Name[hu]=Firefox webböngésző
> Name[it]=Firefox Browser Web
> Name[ja]=Firefox ウェブ・ブラウザ
> Name[ko]=Firefox 웹 브라우저
> Name[nb]=Firefox Nettleser
> Name[nl]=Firefox webbrowser
> Name[nn]=Firefox Nettlesar
> Name[no]=Firefox Nettleser
> Name[pl]=Przeglądarka WWW Firefox
> Name[pt]=Firefox Navegador Web
> Name[pt_BR]=Navegador Web Firefox
> Name[sk]=Internetový prehliadač Firefox
> Name[sv]=Webbläsaren Firefox
> Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
> Comment[ca]=Navegueu per el web
> Comment[cs]=Prohlížení stránek World Wide Webu
> Comment[de]=Im Internet surfen
> Comment[es]=Navegue por la web
> Comment[fa]=صفحات شبکه جهانی اینترنت را مرور نمایید
> Comment[fi]=Selaa Internetin WWW-sivuja
> Comment[fr]=Navigue sur Internet
> Comment[hu]=A világháló böngészése
> Comment[it]=Esplora il web
> Comment[ja]=ウェブを閲覧します
> Comment[ko]=웹을 돌아 다닙니다
> Comment[nb]=Surf på nettet
> Comment[nl]=Verken het internet
> Comment[nn]=Surf på nettet
> Comment[no]=Surf på nettet
> Comment[pl]=Przeglądanie stron WWW
> Comment[pt]=Navegue na Internet
> Comment[pt_BR]=Navegue na Internet
> Comment[sk]=Prehliadanie internetu
> Comment[sv]=Surfa på webben
> GenericName=Web Browser
> GenericName[ca]=Navegador web
> GenericName[cs]=Webový prohlížeč
> GenericName[es]=Navegador web
> GenericName[fa]=مرورگر اینترنتی
> GenericName[fi]=WWW-selain
> GenericName[fr]=Navigateur Web
> GenericName[hu]=Webböngésző
> GenericName[it]=Browser Web
> GenericName[ja]=ウェブ・ブラウザ
> GenericName[ko]=웹 브라우저
> GenericName[nb]=Nettleser
> GenericName[nl]=Webbrowser
> GenericName[nn]=Nettlesar
> GenericName[no]=Nettleser
> GenericName[pl]=Przeglądarka WWW
> GenericName[pt]=Navegador Web
> GenericName[pt_BR]=Navegador Web
> GenericName[sk]=Internetový prehliadač
> GenericName[sv]=Webbläsare
> Exec=firefox %u
> Terminal=false
> X-MultipleArgs=false
> Type=Application
> Icon=firefox.png
> Categories=Application;Network;
> MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;
> StartupWMClass=Firefox-bin
> StartupNotify=true
> GenericName[en_CA]=Web Browser
>
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