File associations / permissions problem

[Yannick Le Saint (kyncani)]

On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:53:34 +0000
Pete Hunt <lists at ninjafriendly.com> wrote:
> I have a strange problem - file associations for _normal users_ have 
> become unset on my laptop - caused by a permissions problem I think, but 
> I can't track down what's causing it.
> 
> (snip)
> 
> pete at tpad:~/images$ eog wallpaper81.jpg
> 
> Eye of Gnome opens, but I get:
> 
> I/O error : Permission denied
> I/O error : Permission denied
> I/O error : Permission denied
> etc

You could run eog with strace :
strace eog wallpaper81.jpg 2>&1 | tee $HOME/tmp/log

That may tell you which system call leads to I/O errors.

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Regards.

Yannick Le Saint (kyncani) <y.lesaint at gmail.com>
http://y.lesaint.free.fr/
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