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Francisco Ares
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 Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:40 am Post subject: [gentoo-user] MIME-type application/octet-stream missing on |
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Hi, guys
Suddenly, after an update (sorry, no idea on which packages were updated /
upgraded / re-emerged) several (if not all) KDE 3.5 programs show a message
box saying that the MIME type application/octet-stream could not be found.
Any ideas on what happened and, most important, what can I do to correct
this?
Thanks a lot!!
Francisco
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"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you
and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have one
idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." -
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Dale
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:29 am Post subject: Re: [gentoo-user] MIME-type application/octet-stream missing |
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Francisco Ares wrote:
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Thanks, a lot, Dale, that was it.
That proves old ghosts use to get back to haunt us once in a while ;-)
Francisco
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What made me think it may not be needed is that I don't have it and I
have the latest KDE 3.5 installed. I know sometimes files move or
something and emerge does not touch a users directory that I have ever
seen. I'm not sure but I doubt emerge can. Looks like KDE should have
fixed it but I'm sure they are busy on KDE 4. ;-)
I don't like ghosts in my puter either. At least with mine, it is
usually the idiot in the chair.
Dale
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Francisco Ares
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:29 am Post subject: Re: [gentoo-user] MIME-type application/octet-stream missing |
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On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Francisco Ares wrote:
Hi, guys
Suddenly, after an update (sorry, no idea on which packages were
updated / upgraded / re-emerged) several (if not all) KDE 3.5 programs
show a message box saying that the MIME type application/octet-stream
could not be found.
Any ideas on what happened and, most important, what can I do to
correct this?
Thanks a lot!!
Francisco
--
"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then
you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and
I have one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have
two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw
Well, I found this somewhat old post:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/susenovell-60/error-could-not-find-mime-type-applicationoctet-stream-529525/
That said, I looked at the location described and I don't even have the
file that they are saying to edit. Is it possible that you have this
file and it is no longer needed after the update?
Just a thought.
Dale
:-) :-)
Thanks, a lot, Dale, that was it. |
That proves old ghosts use to get back to haunt us once in a while ;-)
Francisco |
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Dale
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:29 am Post subject: Re: [gentoo-user] MIME-type application/octet-stream missing |
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Francisco Ares wrote:
| Quote: | Hi, guys
Suddenly, after an update (sorry, no idea on which packages were
updated / upgraded / re-emerged) several (if not all) KDE 3.5 programs
show a message box saying that the MIME type application/octet-stream
could not be found.
Any ideas on what happened and, most important, what can I do to
correct this?
Thanks a lot!!
Francisco
--
"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then
you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and
I have one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have
two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw
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Well, I found this somewhat old post:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/susenovell-60/error-could-not-find-mime-type-applicationoctet-stream-529525/
That said, I looked at the location described and I don't even have the
file that they are saying to edit. Is it possible that you have this
file and it is no longer needed after the update?
Just a thought.
Dale
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Francisco Ares
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:30 am Post subject: Re: [gentoo-user] MIME-type application/octet-stream missing |
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On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:51 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Francisco Ares wrote:
Thanks, a lot, Dale, that was it.
That proves old ghosts use to get back to haunt us once in a while ;-)
Francisco
What made me think it may not be needed is that I don't have it and I
have the latest KDE 3.5 installed. I know sometimes files move or
something and emerge does not touch a users directory that I have ever
seen. I'm not sure but I doubt emerge can. Looks like KDE should have
fixed it but I'm sure they are busy on KDE 4. ;-)
I don't like ghosts in my puter either. At least with mine, it is
usually the idiot in the chair.
Dale
:-) :-)
Looking at the file in |
~/.kde3.5/share/mimelnk/application/octet-stream.desktop it contains MIME
information for an extension that I've included months ago, so that Firefox
(and probably all applications) would automagicaly open mplayer for
YouTube-like media files (*.flv extension), but as far as I can remember,
I've done that using KDE 3.5 tools.
Well, I've removed it, didn't try any *.flv yet, but there's no more of
those annoying warning messages.
Thanks a lot
Francisco
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"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you
and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have one
idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." -
George Bernard Shaw |
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