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Kognit
January 11th, 2011, 06:51 PM
Hi

I want to disable only PDF thumbnails not the png, jpg or any other image format. In gconf-editor /apps/nautilus/preferences there is option only to disable all thumbnails. Is there any way to disable only pdf thumbnails?

thx
Kirboosy
January 11th, 2011, 06:58 PM
Open a terminal and type

gconf-editorNavigate to /desktop/gnome/thumbnailers

and disable the PDF one


~Caboose
Kognit
January 11th, 2011, 07:02 PM
Thx for reply

I tried that solution earlier but that only prevents of creating new thumbnails and do nothing about existing ones. By following your solution my pdf thumbnails are still there. Any other suggestion? thx
Kirboosy
January 11th, 2011, 07:07 PM
what if you move the files around? Will it still retain the thumbnail?
Kognit
January 11th, 2011, 07:13 PM
Yes, it still stays the thumbnail
Kirboosy
January 11th, 2011, 07:18 PM
sudo chmod u=rw /usr/bin/evince-thumbnailer
It will make the thumbnailer read and write, not execute. It might just work. If it doesn't work, I have no other suggestions.
Kognit
January 11th, 2011, 07:25 PM
No, it doesn't work. Thx for help anyway
asmoore82
January 12th, 2011, 04:39 AM
You can delete all files from "$HOME/.thumbnails"
This will force Nautilus to rebuild all thumbnails and
since you have PDFs disabled, they shouldn't get any.

You may have to kill nautilus or restart for the change to take effect.
Kognit
January 12th, 2011, 04:54 PM
Thx man, that did the trick. Problem solved
Kirboosy
January 12th, 2011, 08:00 PM
You can delete all files from "$HOME/.thumbnails"
This will force Nautilus to rebuild all thumbnails and
since you have PDFs disabled, they shouldn't get any.

You may have to kill nautilus or restart for the change to take effect.

*facepalm* I totally forgot about that folder. I'm glad you were on your "A" game. :)