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I have just updated to Mageia 2 and the GNOME desktop. When I click on the "Home Folder" directory icon, then Acrobat Reader is started and not Nautilus with the home directory.

And Acrobat Reader gives the error message: "There was an error opening this document. It is a directory."

So how can I open the homefolder with Nautilus? How can I teach Adobe Reader that it does not assign itself to a directory?

When you are using GNOME, you need to edit the default application for inode/directory or for opening folders, but i don't know where this is set in GNOME.
Maybe right-click on an empty folder and say Open with ... and select Nautilus instead Adobe Reader?

Otherwise i'd just remove Adboe Reader.

doktor5000 wrote:Maybe right-click on an empty folder and say Open with ... and select Nautilus instead Adobe Reader?

There is no entry of 'Adobe Reader' in the 'Open with' context menu. But I wanted to start Nautilus by the easy way from the second menu in the GNOME menu panel. And when I click on the Nautilus Icon here then only Adobe Reader starts with the folder and of course it fails to open it.

doktor5000 wrote:Otherwise i'd just remove Adboe Reader.

But I need the Adobe Reader.

I have the same problem when I insert an usb stick into the computer.
Then Adobe Reader starts with the error message.

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There was an error opening this document. Is a directory.
[OK]


I'm not a gnome user,
but googling I have found some simple solution in internet.

Can you try them?

tom_ wrote:Can you try them?

I have added these lines:

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[root@localhost applications]# vi defaults.list

inode/directory=nautilus.desktop
x-directory/normal=nautilus.desktop

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[root@localhost applications]# vi nautilus.desktop

MimeType=x-directory/gnome-default-handler;x-directory/normal;inode/directory;application/x-gnome-saved-search;


This has no effect. Adobe Reader ignores all this.
The entries for the Adobe Reader are these:

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defaults.list:

application/pdf=AdobeReader.desktop
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf=AdobeReader.desktop
application/vnd.fdf=AdobeReader.desktop
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml=AdobeReader.desktop
application/vnd.adobe.pdx=AdobeReader.desktop
application/fdf=AdobeReader.desktop
application/xdp=AdobeReader.desktop
application/xfdf=AdobeReader.desktop
application/pdx=AdobeReader.desktop


I was talking about this part:

One more way - for "mousemonkeys", like me

Just do in terminal

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exo-preferred-applications

then switch to Utilities tab and select File Manager you prefer. And that's all!

I have now executed this command in a command shell. Then a graphical window opens.
I have chosen the 'Gestionnaire de fichiers' (file assignment) and set it to Nautilus.

However there is still the Adobe Reader which tries to open every folder.
I will make a restart now. I will only post again if this issue gets resolved in 10 minutes.

BTW, as which user did you do this and which file did you edit, as the commands you posted show that you did this as root?

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[root@localhost applications]# vi defaults.list
[root@localhost applications]# vi nautilus.desktop

You should do this as normal user.

doktor5000 wrote:You should do this as normal user.

I have done the modifications as root on the global files.
Now I have done it also as the user on the local files.

The situation remains unchanged. Adobe Reader still opens the start folder and fails doing so.

As user, please show the output of

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xdg-mime query default inode/directory

and

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grep -iE 'adobe|acro' ~/.local/share/applications/mime*

Also, which system files did you change so far?

doktor5000 wrote:As user, please show the output of

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xdg-mime query default inode/directory

and

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grep -iE 'adobe|acro' ~/.local/share/applications/mime*

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nautilus.desktop
/home/franz/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list:application/pdf=AdobeReader8.desktop;evince.desktop;gimp.desktop;


doktor5000 wrote:Also, which system files did you change so far?

I have only changed the files as recommended from your link above.

When I start Nautilus from a command shell, then I see this error message:

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[franz@localhost ~]$ Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension
Error: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table...


Nautilus still gets started without any problems.

After I have deinstalled Adobe Reader then the following happens. I download a jpg file from Firefox and try to open it from the download window. Then I get an error message:

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Impossible de lancer le Gestionnaire de fichiers par defaut.
L'exécution du processus fils « /usr/bin/acroread » a échoué (Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type).


This means in English, that there is a default file handler /usr/bin/acroread set somewhere and it could not find it any more. But where has this been set so I can remove it from the configuration?

Well, as you directly edited system-wide configuration files you may have inflicted this yourself ...
Try

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update-desktop-database -v && update-mime-database -v

as root

doktor5000 wrote:Well, as you directly edited system-wide configuration files you may have inflicted this yourself ...
Try

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update-desktop-database -v && update-mime-database -v

as root

I do not think that I have added anywhere the 'Adobe Reader' manually.

I have executed the command as root.

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File "/usr/share/applications/kpdftool.desktop" lacks MimeType key
File "/usr/share/applications/mageiaupdate.desktop" lacks MimeType key
File "/usr/share/applications/qasconfig.desktop" lacks MimeType key
File "/usr/share/applications/session-properties.desktop" lacks MimeType key
File "/usr/share/applications/gnome-datetime-panel.desktop" lacks MimeType key
update-mime-database (shared-mime-info) 1.0
Copyright (C) 2003 Thomas Leonard.
update-mime-database comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY,
to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute copies of update-mime-database
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.


However I have the same result in the Firefox Download Window. It tries to run the /usr/bin/acroread command with an image file.

Firefox has its own settings for actions on files. Check Preferences -> Applications

doktor5000 wrote:Firefox has its own settings for actions on files. Check Preferences -> Applications

There I have this:

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image/jpg   Toujours demander (ask always)


There is no entry for 'Abobe Reader' anywhere in Firefox.

flink wrote:However I have the same result in the Firefox Download Window. It tries to run the /usr/bin/acroread command with an image file.

Which differs from the setting which you mentioned, where it should ask what to do -> or what do you select in that dialog?

doktor5000 wrote:

flink wrote:However I have the same result in the Firefox Download Window. It tries to run the /usr/bin/acroread command with an image file.

Which differs from the setting which you mentioned, where it should ask what to do -> or what do you select in that dialog?

The dialog never shows up. It just tries to start the acrobat reader and fails, because there is no acroread.

I have now searched all files '*.*' under /etc if it contains the string acroread. But they exist only for the urpmi configuration. Then I search the local files '.*' of the user and I found this:

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          <bookmark:application name="File Manager" exec="&apos;/usr/bin/acroread&apos;" modified="2010-12-23T16:23:13Z" count="1"/>
          <bookmark:application name="File Manager" exec="&apos;/usr/bin/acroread&apos;" modified="2010-12-28T11:41:10Z" count="1"/>
          <bookmark:application name="File Manager" exec="&apos;/usr/bin/acroread&apos;" modified="2011-01-01T09:08:44Z" count="1"/>
2293782   84 -rw-rw-r--   1 franz    franz       81308 janv.  1  2011 ./.recently-used.xbel.AAE4NV


But where does this come from to have the File Manager set as "/usr/bin/acroread"?

Now I have searched in the local user folder and found this:

./.mozilla/firefox/9i1h0hph.default/mimeTypes.rdf

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  <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/x-octet-stream"
                   NC:path="/usr/bin/acroread"
                   NC:prettyName="acroread" />

...

 <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:content-type:application/x-unknown-content-type"
                   NC:prettyName="acroread"
                   NC:path="/usr/bin/acroread" />

...

  <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:content-type:application/x-unknown-content-type"
                   NC:alwaysAsk="true">
    <NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:content-type:application/x-unknown-content-type"/>
    <NC:possibleApplication RDF:resource="urn:handler:local:/usr/bin/acroread"/>
  </RDF:Description>



This seems to be part of Firefox. Version 10.0.7 is installed.
Should I remove these lines? There is no file '/usr/bin/acroread' anyways.

So I have removed those lines and: still everything is the same problem.

I have found another file under /home/franz:

./.local/share/xfce4/helpers/custom-FileManager.desktop

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[Desktop Entry]
NoDisplay=true
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=X-XFCE-Helper
X-XFCE-Category=FileManager
X-XFCE-CommandsWithParameter=/usr/bin/acroread "%s"
Icon=acroread
Name=acroread
X-XFCE-Commands=/usr/bin/acroread


I have removed this complete file.
And now it works!
I get a windows which says that no file association has been made for this jpg image file from the Firefox download window. And I can choose one in the select box or search for other applications. So I choose Nautilus as my preferred File Manager application.
Now the file SnipImage.JPG opens in Nautilus and is listed in the '/home/franz/tmp' folder. From here I can continue.
Thanks for your answers.

Flink, great you found out!!!

Will you please mark the topic solved now?

You can edit your first message, by pre-fixing the title with [SOLVED].
Thanks in advance!!!