[SOLVED] "Places" not responding

teboil12 · 02-25-2011, 01:11 AM

Help someone!!!

I did something (or did I???), as a result I cannot open my home folder (or any other folder) from "Places", they just do not respond. What to do??
Is this serious?

teboil

corp769 · 02-25-2011, 02:33 AM

This is a known bug with previous versions of a few packages, which I can't remember off hand. Run this following code in a terminal as your normal user:

Code:

cat /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop | perl -pe 's/Exec=nautilus --no-desktop/Exec=nautilus --no-desktop ./g;' > $HOME/.local/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop

teboil12 · 02-25-2011, 03:54 AM

I did, to no use. Any other suggestions? Feel a bit dejected...

corp769 · 02-25-2011, 03:59 AM

Try running nautilus from the command line and see if you get any errors or warnings. If you do, please post them.

teboil12 · 02-25-2011, 04:15 AM

Wrote "Nautilus" in the terminal, everything was there, could open any folder, nothing looked unusual... But still, "Places" refuses to co-operate.

corp769 · 02-25-2011, 04:25 AM

Are you trying to open it from the desktop or the menu?

corp769 · 02-25-2011, 04:26 AM

Post the output of the following within your home directory:

Code:

grep -i directory .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

teboil12 · 02-25-2011, 05:09 AM

This is the outcome:

inode/directory=mount-archive.desktop;Please bear in mind that my english is not very good, so please tell me step by step what to do with it...

corp769 · 02-25-2011, 05:20 AM

Ok, before we go modifying this file, can you post the output of the following?

Code:

cat .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

teboil12 · 02-25-2011, 05:40 AM

Looks like this:

[Added Associations]
application/pgp-encrypted=nautilus-browser.desktop;
application/x-deb=ubuntu-software-center.desktop;
inode/directory=mount-archive.desktop;
teboil2@antec:~$

Any help?

corp769 · 02-25-2011, 05:43 AM

Edit the file to reflect the following:

Code:

application/pgp-encrypted=nautilus-browser.desktop;
application/x-deb=ubuntu-software-center.desktop;
inode/directory=mount-archive.desktop;nautilus-folder-handler.desktop;eog.desktop;nautilus-folder-handler.desktop;vlc.desktop;kde4-kaffeine.desktop;kde4-kmplayer.desktop;gimp.desktop;wine.desktop;brasero.desktop;file-roller.desktop;

corp769 · 02-25-2011, 05:46 AM

If you need help trying to edit the file, run the following command:

Code:

gedit .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

Then replace the contents with the above, save it, and close it out. Cheers!

teboil12 · 02-25-2011, 06:43 AM

Thank you man!!!
Working again.

corp769 · 02-25-2011, 06:45 AM

No problem! Mark your thread as solved and add rep. Cheers, and good luck with everything else.

Josh