Anyone got a guess as to what is causing this error "Could not find mime type
application/octet-stream" everytime i boot or bring up konqueror. I sort of want to do a reinstall but not that bad i think it's a mime type error not sure. Tried to associate wine with .exe files then i started getting the above error.


Thanks
CyberDoc

This just happened to me (after adding an association for par2 files) and after trying several things I think I managed to fix it.

Try deleting everything in the following folder.
~/.kde/share/mimelnk/

Seems to have worked for me.

Let us know if it works.

I did not have to delete all contents i just deleted the file named octet-stream

Thanks,

CyberDoc

Glad it worked.

I kind of thought you wouldn't have to delete all the contents, but it's what I did.

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For the sake of those who follow --

The "Epidemic"
There must be an epidemic of this:

• I've had the same problem for a couple of weeks.
• I too was considering a fresh install.
• I had been messing w/ file associations. (Like mguiddy)

The Bad File
On my system its name was octet-stream.desktop, I assume that is the case elsewhere.

A Different Fix
Instead of deleting the apparently offending file, I renamed it; just to make sure I had the right one. (I added a '.0' suffix.)

Where It Was
I found it in ~/.kde/share/mimelnk/application/

How I Found It You could adapt this command to find any other "mime type" error. Just substitute your error for "octet-stream" between the single quotes.

So the generalized form might be written: Follow-up Needed
Given that 2 of the 3 posters reporting the symptom noticed & reported that they had recently made new file associations, it would be nice to know 2 things:[list=1][*]Is this a common/normal problem?[*]Is it avoidable?[/list=1]

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The KDE file associations can be edited in the KDE Control Centre under KDE Components->File Associations. There's no need to change the config files directly and you definately don't need to do anything drastic like reinstall.

Probably only for those who mess with file association settings

Yes, don't mess with your file association settings

I have trouble with .txt files, whenever i click them the console tries to open it. I associated it with Emacs but it still opens with console. I run Xandros 3.0.2 Business, is there any fix?

I tried the File Associations editor already but it doesnt work.

Yes, use the "Application Preference Order" dialog in the "File Associations editor". That is, KDE Components :: File Associations in the Control Center, or in Konqueror Settings :: Configure Konqueror :: File Associations. In either case, you will want text :: plain

The "Application Preference Order" dialog allows you to highlight an application(emacs, for instance) & then move it up (or down) the preference list. Did you not see it?

Just for the record, I added the association via Konquerer > Settings > Configure Konquerer > File Associations.

That kinda sounds like the Groucho Marx routine.

Thanks for reminding me where that came from. It sounded like Groucho to me too. And the routine is so old, I was mildly offended by it at the time because there was no smiley to indicate that he knew he referencing an old joke. I would have said something then, but I thought I was just upset enough that I was afraid that my reply would be too flamey. Since my experience of "tk" is that he usually has something useful to say, I decided to let it slide.

And for the record, I too got into trouble using the GUI tool, not mucking around in the conf files w/ a text editor.

I thought I did put a in? But yeah it wasn't meant to be a flame, just saying that changing file associations always seems to cause problems