Shotwell interrupts opening of folder shortcuts

[Sebastian Paramo]

Binary package hint: shotwell

I'm on ubuntu 10.04 and I use the yorba ppa to update my shotwell installation so I'm using the latest version.

Everytime I click on a link in my places folder or a shortcut I place elsewhere to folders such as Documents, Pictures, Music, etc. Shotwell will open up instead of my file browser.

So far, the only one that hasn't messed up a shortcut to my home folder.

I have a shortcut to my folders on AvantWindowNavigator and at first I thought that was the problem. But it happens on my Places links as well.

Uninstalling shotwell fixes the problem, but I'm not sure what else can be done about it.

[Adam Dingle (adam-yorba)]

I can't reproduce this. I tried installing Shotwell 0.6.1 from the Yorba PPA on Ubuntu 10.04. When I choose folders from the Places menu or I click on shortcuts to folders, Nautilus opens those folders normally.

[Sebastian Paramo (paramosebastian)]

Is there a way for me to open it in a terminal and see what processes occur when I open those folders? I'd like help to be able to diagnose what the issue

[Bruno Girin (brunogirin)]

@Sebastian: can you open a terminal window, type the command below and post the result here please?

cat ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

Thanks

Bruno

[Sebastian Paramo (paramosebastian)]

sebastianrimbaud@foreigner:~$ cat ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

[Added Associations]
x-content/audio-cdda=rhythmbox.desktop;vlc.desktop;kde-k3b.desktop;
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document=openoffice.org-writer.desktop;
application/x-extension-ibw=evince.desktop;
image/png=eog.desktop;opera.desktop;comix.desktop;firefox.desktop;gimp.desktop;
inode/directory=shotwell.desktop;

Hope it helps

[Bruno Girin (brunogirin)]

@Sebastian: yes, it does help. Open the file ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list in an editor:

gedit ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

Remove the last line that says "inode/directory=shotwell.desktop;" and save it. I'm not sure how that got in there but it's the source of the problem.

Then, if you can re-install Shotwell from the PPA, check that file again to make sure this line did not re-appear and report here whether it now works, that would be great.

Thanks

Bruno

[Sebastian Paramo (paramosebastian)]

Awesome. Thank you so much!

That fixed the issue. I reinstalled shotwell with no problems so far. The correct folders open up and shotwell stays put.
I have no idea either how that happened. I was wondering if it was something I did or not. But I guess it'll remain a mystery for now.

Anyway, thanks so much for helping me solve the problem.

[Bruno Girin (brunogirin)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.

[Andy Hull (andrew-j-hull)]

For the record, same issue here with Maverick - same fix - same perplexed expression, since I don't know the cause.

[Hanan Sela (hans-013)]

Well this bug is not fixed in ubuntu 11.10 i did not have this problem in 11.04 but now after upgrade it exists. Shotwell opens instead of file browser in the following cases:
1. In downloads window of Mozilla Firefox when you right click on a file and choose "open containing folder"
2. In archive manager after file extraction when you click on "show the files"
3. when you connect a camera and choose "open folder"

[Hanan Sela (hans-013)]

PS. The fix works for me in Ubuntu 11.10