File Associations for PDF and torrent files wrong: MIME issues

[ToT)SiLeNcE(]

Hello,

I am using Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 and I am having issues with the default applications for PDF files and torrent files.

PDF files open with gimp if I double click on a downloaded file in firefox. It doesn't happen in Nautilus. The same with torrent files: They open with KTorrent instead of Transmission.

I have been able to fix this temporarily by editing /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache changing the order of the .desktop entries there.

The file type associations are now correct, but they cease being after a certain while. I believe this is caused by the "update-desktop-database" script, which gets called once packages are updated in apt. update-desktop-database restores the wrong order of applications again.

Question is now: What do I have to do to fix this? Is there some way to tell "update-desktop-database" the order of applications I prefer to have?

Best regards
Bastian

[dlmarti]

system->preferences->prefered applications

[ToT)SiLeNcE(]

Sadly this doesn't help...

[kpkeerthi]

I usually change the preferred application by right-clicking the file -> Open With -> select program. Works for me.

[ToT)SiLeNcE(]

Yes this works in nautilus for me too... But firefox has its own rules it seems. Wouldn't be too big of an issue, but I have to download lots of PDFs in Firefox each day and it gets annoying...

[kpkeerthi]

Yes this works in nautilus for me too... But firefox has its own rules it seems. Wouldn't be too big of an issue, but I have to download lots of PDFs in Firefox each day and it gets annoying...

I'm lost here. Firefox... what?