file associations in kde

[Alex Loes]

When I try to change the file associations in konqueror->settings->Configure konqueror->file associations, I change
to open *.avi files with vlc instead of kaffeine. Thiis works fine and if I click on OK, an window pops up, showing updating the configuration.
If now Itry to open an avi file, it should be opened with the new association (vlc), but instead it remains to open with kaffeine. If I view the associations I made before, the table looks unchanged, with kaffeine at first place.

I use Kubuntu 7.10 on i386.

What can I do to change the file associations and in which file are these informations stored?

Thanx

Al

[Yuriy Kozlov (yuriy-kozlov)]

Thank you for filing this bug. Please don't confirm your own bugs, and only assign the bug to yourself if you are working on fixing it (if this is so, please reassign).

What entry exactly did you change in the configuration dialog? x-something?

I looked, but I don't know where the file associations are stored other than in some . directory in your home directory, should be somewhere in ~/.kde or possibly ~/.local

[Viktor Pus (pus)]

Same problem in Hardy with KDE 3.5.9. I have default associations for .avi files set to Kaffeine first, xine second. I set associations to xine first, then Kaffeine. When I close and reopen the setting dialog again, assocoations are back to Kaffeine, xine. Annoying.

[James Athey (james-athey)]

I also have the same problem in Hardy. Here's a step-by-step:

* Run 'systemsettings'.
* Select 'Default Applications'.
* In the list on the left side, select 'File Associations'.
* In the 'Find filename pattern:' text entry, type the file extension, in my case, 'pdf'.
* The list is filtered to just one entry: Application->pdf.
* Select that entry, and change the order of applications on the right side.
* Click Apply.
* The Updating settings dialog appears, then disappears.
* Both konqueror and dolphin still open PDFs using the wrong application.

Interestingly, I also removed an application from the list of valid PDF viewers - KGhostView. That change stuck, but not the reordering.

[James Athey (james-athey)]

All of the necessary information should now be included in the bug to not be considered "incomplete."

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Should be fixed in KDE 4, please reopen this report if the issue reappears.