update-mime-database /usr/share/mime rebuilt the database but file permissions were 600 so no user could access the database. Also it looks like the system had to be restarted before database rebuild has been propagated. Now it works. Also evince was broken, no pdf file could be displayed.
update- mime-database /usr/share/mime rebuilt the database but file permissions were 600 so no user could access the database. Also it looks like the system had to be restarted before database rebuild has been propagated. Now it works. Also evince was broken, no pdf file could be displayed.