gvfs incorrect mime types integration into Kubuntu

[Francis Lamonde]

Hi,

Distro: Kubuntu 11.10 64-Bits

I think there is an incorrect integration of gvfs in Kubuntu (or KDE?), essentially cuz the support of mime types is not taken into account.

For example,

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:~$ gvfs-mime
Error parsing commandline options: Specify one of --query and --set

Try "gvfs-mime --help" for more information.
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and

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:~$ gvfs-open trash://
gvfs-open: trash:///: error opening location: No application is registered as handling this file
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It seems the package 'desktop-file-utils' is not installed by default and it seems it is the package handling mime types via the use of 'update-desktop-database'. Maybe GVFS should have as a dependency 'desktop-file-utils'?

Even after installing the package and launching 'update-desktop-database', there are some problems, cuz the applications' priority order has not been defined, therefore it opens up 'trash://' with a different application than the File Manager (in my case it opened it up with GwenView, instead of Dolphin).

I will give a try in Kubuntu 12.10 this w-e and see if the problem is persistent.

tnx!

[Francis Lamonde (frankebay99)]

Tested under Kubuntu 12.10, exact same results as under 11.10.
Situation is consistent until I install package 'desktop-file-utils', when I run 'gvfs-open trash://' it does open trash with Dolphin, which is perfect. But I think there is still a problem with gvfs integration.

tnx

[Francis Lamonde (frankebay99)]

Tested under Kubuntu 13.04, exact same results as under 11.10 and 12.10.
Situation is consistent until I install package 'desktop-file-utils', when I run 'gvfs-open trash://' it does open trash with Dolphin, which is perfect. But I think there is still a problem with gvfs integration.

Anyone can work on this?

tnx

[Francis Lamonde (frankebay99)]

This is still in "new" status?