cannot change the default program

lemon09 · 12-21-2009, 01:26 AM

Hello friends,

I have Mandriva 10 installed in my pc. Now the problem is that I can't change the default program for a specific type of file.

Let me explain it to you.

The default program for an mp3 file is amarok. I, but want to change the default program to vlc. So I did the following task-

right click on any mp3 file > properties > settings > change the default program as you like.

but whenever I click to the apply button it says

Code:

Configuration file "/home/lemon/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list" not writable.
Please contact your system administrator.

So can you please help me to change the default program.

catkin · 12-21-2009, 02:39 AM

What is the output from

Code:

f=/home/lemon/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
while [[ "$f" != '' ]]; do ls -ld "$f"; f="${f%/*}"; done

lemon09 · 12-21-2009, 03:51 AM

well here is the output:

Code:

[lemon@localhost ~]$ f=/home/lemon/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
[lemon@localhost ~]$ while [[ "$f" != '' ]]; do ls -ld "$f"; f="${f%/*}"; done
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 227 2009-12-21 11:37 /home/lemon/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-12-21 11:45 /home/lemon/.local/share/applications/
drwxrwxr-x 9 lemon lemon 4096 2009-12-20 23:32 /home/lemon/.local/share/
drwxrwxr-x 3 lemon lemon 4096 2009-12-19 13:21 /home/lemon/.local/
drwxr-xr-x 35 lemon lemon 4096 2009-12-21 14:45 /home/lemon/
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2009-12-19 13:20 /home/
[lemon@localhost ~]$

catkin · 12-21-2009, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lemon09

well here is the output:

Code:

[lemon@localhost ~]$ f=/home/lemon/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
[lemon@localhost ~]$ while [[ "$f" != '' ]]; do ls -ld "$f"; f="${f%/*}"; done
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 227 2009-12-21 11:37 /home/lemon/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-12-21 11:45 /home/lemon/.local/share/applications/
drwxrwxr-x 9 lemon lemon 4096 2009-12-20 23:32 /home/lemon/.local/share/
drwxrwxr-x 3 lemon lemon 4096 2009-12-19 13:21 /home/lemon/.local/
drwxr-xr-x 35 lemon lemon 4096 2009-12-21 14:45 /home/lemon/
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2009-12-19 13:20 /home/
[lemon@localhost ~]$

Thanks. That shows the problem. Weird it got that way -- any ideas? Any other files-and-directories under /home/lemon/.local/share/ that are owner and group root?

To fix the immediate problem run these commands as root

Code:

cd /home/lemon/.local/share
chmod 755 applications
chown lemon:lemon applications
cd applications
chmod 644 mimeapps.list
chown lemon:lemon mimeapps.list

lemon09 · 12-22-2009, 12:28 AM

Thanks Catkin, the problem is fixed..........