On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 00:38 +0300, Ali Helmy wrote: > On 05/05/06, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 18:19 +0300, Ali Helmy wrote: > > Hey mates, > > > > A few days ago I seem to have lost all my file > associations... when I > > click on a .jpg, .odp, .rar, etc file, fedora can't open it, > i have to > > manually open the appropriate program and then open the file > from > > within... > > > > What could have caused this and how can I revert it? > > On a mac - I would say "rebuild your desktop" :p > > create a new user account and see if it happens there. > If it works in a new user account, then I suspect something > jacked up > your gconf2 database. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > Wouldn't it be easier if I just logged on as root and saw if the > problem persisted? > "But it might not give the answer that you want it to!" (with apologies/thanks to Fleetwood Mac) Something that works only as root won't necessarily solve a problem, such as a Selinux problem for example Good luck! Scott > -- > Cheers, > A. Helmy
