the problem was solved by going into /usr/share/mime, and zapping-out
the line: x-directory/normal inode/directory from the file 'aliases' thank you everybody! alessandro Michael R. Head wrote: On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 09:36 +0200, Alessandro Magni wrote:Are you using Ubuntu or Debian? I see this problem too, and it's been there for a while. I think it might be this: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/35463 Cheers, Carlosthank you, it seems exactly my problem! Unfortunately, 1) I use Fedora(FC5), and 2) I don't have any idea what this means: shared-mime-info (0.17-0ubuntu10) dapper; urgency=low . * debian/patches/110_no_directory_alias_fix_open_with.patch: - don't set an alias from "inode/directory" to "x-directory/normal", fix nautilus "open with" associations when selecting a directory ??? lost in thoughtsIt means that if you unpack the source package http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nautilus/nautilus_2.14.1.orig.tar.gz and apply the debian patches: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nautilus/nautilus_2.14.1-0ubuntu9.diff.gz You'll find a file in debian/patches/110_no_directory_alias_fix_open_with.patch which you should be able to apply to your nautilus source.alessandro (oh, BTW, I was using beagle-search as root) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / Dr.Alessandro Magni INRiM \ Strada delle Cacce 91, 10135 Torino (ITALIA) / Email magni ien it \ Tel: 0039-011-3919821 Fax: 0039-011-3919834 / URL http://www.ien.it/~magni \ Our business in life is not to succeed but to continue to fail / in high spirits. -- Robert Louis Stevenson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |