Re: [Evolution] Evolution file association problem

[Grove Steyn <grove steyn gmail com>]

Hi Milan

Thanks for the speedy response!

You put me right on track.  It appeared from gnomevfs-list that there was no mime type available for gnomevfs for my .doc and .xls files.  This is strange since I could open them by clicking on them in Nautilus.

Good help info from: http://library.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/mimetypes-9.html.en

Anyway, I fixed and added the necessary .xml files in my ~.local/share/mime/packages directory and ran

update-mime-database ~/.local/share/mime/.

Oh, yes, I had to close Evolution and open it again - voila I can click on attachments to open them and drag and drop files to attach to outgoing emails.

I must say, it is really difficult to figure out the details of the MIME system in Linux (I use Ubuntu).

Thanks again.

GS

On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 09:25 +0200, Milan Crha wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 08:36 +0200, Grove Steyn wrote:
> > If I click on a msword (.doc) file in Evolution nothing happens. It
> > opens other file types such as .pdf no problem. (I have Cross Over
> > Office installed)
> > 
> > When I run Evolution from the command line, it produces the following
> > message when I click on a .doc file:
> > 
> > e-attachment-bar.c-Message: DEBUG: Launch failed: There is no default
> > action associated with this location.
> > 
> > Evolution also does not register the correct mime type for .doc files
> > when I attach a .doc file to an outgoing email. It registers it as an
> > "octet stream".
> > 
> > Help will be greatly appreciated
> > 
> > GS
>
> 	Hi,
> it seems you've problem with your mime type database, Evolution 2.22.x
> uses gnome-vfs, thus it uses same information as is produced by
>    $ gnomevfs-info your_doc_file.doc
>
> You should have filled at least these two values:
>    MIME type         : application/msword
>    Default app       : openoffice.org-1.9-writer.desktop
>
> The "Default app" with the Cross Over Office probably.
>
> There is some procedure to regenerate (update) the mime type database,
> but I'm not aware of exact steps how to do that, I'm sorry.
>
> 	Hope that helps,
> 	Milan
>
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