Pausanias wrote:
> nZain, I'm not sure what's wrong with your setup, because replacing
> /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/evince with the file I attached worked
> flawlessly for me after restarting apparmor. Did you try using my exact
> file, rather than editing your own file? I did not modify usr.bin.evince.
I used the exact same file, sorry for not beeing clear. I really appreciate your help. Too sad, it doesn't work for my system, mh.
> Also, I rejected the most recent evince update with the newer apparmor profile.
A diff of my current file (current upstream + totem&vlc entries) to your posted file shows the changes for tiff extensions:
> To change default player, you have to do it by extension. Find and
> AVI file in nautilus. Right-click, properties, open with, select your
> media player (totem or vlc). You have to repeat this with each type
> of file (mp4, mpg, etc.)
Thanks for the hint, I managed to change the default for mp4 (example posted above) to vlc. Although evince cannot access /etc/gnome/defaults.list it knows that vlc is now the default. However, the error remains. /var/log/kern.log says
Pausanias wrote: d/abstractions/ evince with the file I attached worked
> nZain, I'm not sure what's wrong with your setup, because replacing
> /etc/apparmor.
> flawlessly for me after restarting apparmor. Did you try using my exact
> file, rather than editing your own file? I did not modify usr.bin.evince.
I used the exact same file, sorry for not beeing clear. I really appreciate your help. Too sad, it doesn't work for my system, mh.
> Also, I rejected the most recent evince update with the newer apparmor profile.
A diff of my current file (current upstream + totem&vlc entries) to your posted file shows the changes for tiff extensions:
patrick@ dell-xps: launchpad$ diff /etc/apparmor. d/abstractions/ evince evince
84d83
< /**.[tT][iI][fF] r,
> To change default player, you have to do it by extension. Find and
> AVI file in nautilus. Right-click, properties, open with, select your
> media player (totem or vlc). You have to repeat this with each type
> of file (mp4, mpg, etc.)
Thanks for the hint, I managed to change the default for mp4 (example posted above) to vlc. Although evince cannot access /etc/gnome/ defaults. list it knows that vlc is now the default. However, the error remains. /var/log/kern.log says
Nov 12 10:44:04 dell-xps kernel: [ 1240.946766] type=1503 audit(125801904 4.071:23) : operation="exec" pid=2993 parent=2992 profile= "/usr/bin/ evince" requested_ mask=": :x" denied_mask="::x" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 name="/usr/bin/vlc"