pyros
August 27th, 2006, 03:05 AM
I'm not exactly sure of the how or the why or what external circumstances contirbuted to this, but on the two seperate occasions that I have installed fspot on a clean dapper install, it hosed my image mime types. Thumbnails wouldn't be displayed in nautilus unless I selected the image; when viewing an image with eog, I couldn't use the arrows to browse through the other images in the same directory; trying to just double-click on an image gave me a warning:
The filename "control_panel.jpg" indicates that this file is of type "jpg document". The contents of the file indicate that the file is of type "JPEG image". If you open this file, the file might present a security risk to your system.
Do not open the file unless you created the file yourself, or received the file from a trusted source. To open the file, rename the file to the correct extension for "JPEG image", then open the file normally. Alternatively, use the Open With menu to choose a specific application for the file.
The first time this happened with png images, this time with jpg images. If I renamed the suffix (for example jpeg, or PNG) it would work just fine. It's rather irritating when you have to rename gigabytes of images. So I managed track down the culprit (again) and hve decided to put this on the forum for when I forget again.. I mean share this with the world. Your results may vary.
*Open nautilus and select "Show hidden files" from the view menu.
*In your home folder, look for ".local"-- it should be a folder-- and open it.
*Find the folder named "share" and open it.
*Find the folder named "mime" and open it.
*Find the file named "globs" and open it.
If the file looks something like this:
# This file was automatically generated by the
# update-mime-database command. DO NOT EDIT!
application/x-extension-jpg:*.jpg
we have the perpetrator of this vile inconvience.
*Add "# " in front of the line "application/x-extension..." REMEMBER THE SPACE, it's probably crucial. Now save the file and test your reslults.
The filename "control_panel.jpg" indicates that this file is of type "jpg document". The contents of the file indicate that the file is of type "JPEG image". If you open this file, the file might present a security risk to your system.
Do not open the file unless you created the file yourself, or received the file from a trusted source. To open the file, rename the file to the correct extension for "JPEG image", then open the file normally. Alternatively, use the Open With menu to choose a specific application for the file.
The first time this happened with png images, this time with jpg images. If I renamed the suffix (for example jpeg, or PNG) it would work just fine. It's rather irritating when you have to rename gigabytes of images. So I managed track down the culprit (again) and hve decided to put this on the forum for when I forget again.. I mean share this with the world. Your results may vary.
*Open nautilus and select "Show hidden files" from the view menu.
*In your home folder, look for ".local"-- it should be a folder-- and open it.
*Find the folder named "share" and open it.
*Find the folder named "mime" and open it.
*Find the file named "globs" and open it.
If the file looks something like this:
# This file was automatically generated by the
# update-mime-database command. DO NOT EDIT!
application/x-extension-jpg:*.jpg
we have the perpetrator of this vile inconvience.
*Add "# " in front of the line "application/x-extension..." REMEMBER THE SPACE, it's probably crucial. Now save the file and test your reslults.