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Old 01-29-2008, 10:14 PM   #1
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Question music icons change to documents and files become unreadable, help :(


what would cause sound file icons in nautilus to turn to document icons and render the files unplayable until logging out and back into the system ?

i thought at first my backup drive was only vulernable to this until it happened in my /home directory.

please help

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Old 02-01-2008, 01:25 AM   #2
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Have you been converting the files?
 
Old 02-05-2008, 03:41 AM   #3
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haven't

nope i haven't
 
Old 02-05-2008, 04:28 PM   #4
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@dateofexpiration,

Nobody can help you until you provide some proper information.

This text is at many different sites all over the web, here's one link: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html
Please read all of it. Then sleep on it. Then think about it. Then come back, and we'll do our best to help you.

I am not being nasty, just practical.

We can only help you if you are able to help yourself
 
Old 02-06-2008, 05:15 AM   #5
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my question is pretty simple. i am using gutsy. when i browse a folder filled with folders embeded with audio files the audio (music note) icon turns to a silver document icon, and for what was once a launchable sound file from nautilus no longer can be launched. this phenonemna i thought was unique to me playing sound files on my external backup drive started happening to my /home directory. logging in and out of gnome is what makes the found a sound file again.

dont see how i needed to view a "asking smart questions" website to say that.

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