[gentoo-user] MIME-type application/octet-stream missing on KDE 3

[gentoo-user] MIME-type application/octet-stream missing on KDE 3

[Francisco Ares]

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Hi, guys

Suddenly, after an update (sorry, no idea on which packages were updated /
upgraded / re-emerged) several (if not all) KDE 3.5 programs show a message
box saying that the MIME type application/octet-stream could not be found.

Any ideas on what happened and, most important, what can I do to correct
this?

Thanks a lot!!
Francisco
-- 
"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you
and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have one
idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." -
George Bernard Shaw

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Re: [gentoo-user] MIME-type application/octet-stream missing on KDE 3

[Dale]

Francisco Ares wrote:
> Hi, guys
>
> Suddenly, after an update (sorry, no idea on which packages were
> updated / upgraded / re-emerged) several (if not all) KDE 3.5 programs
> show a message box saying that the MIME type application/octet-stream
> could not be found.
>
> Any ideas on what happened and, most important, what can I do to
> correct this?
>
> Thanks a lot!!
> Francisco
> -- 
> "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then
> you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and
> I have one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have
> two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw

Well, I found this somewhat old post: 

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/susenovell-60/error-could-not-find-mime-type-applicationoctet-stream-529525/ 


That said, I looked at the location described and I don't even have the
file that they are saying to edit.  Is it possible that you have this
file and it is no longer needed after the update?

Just a thought. 

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] MIME-type application/octet-stream missing on KDE 3

[Francisco Ares]

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On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> Francisco Ares wrote:
> > Hi, guys
> >
> > Suddenly, after an update (sorry, no idea on which packages were
> > updated / upgraded / re-emerged) several (if not all) KDE 3.5 programs
> > show a message box saying that the MIME type application/octet-stream
> > could not be found.
> >
> > Any ideas on what happened and, most important, what can I do to
> > correct this?
> >
> > Thanks a lot!!
> > Francisco
> > --
> > "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then
> > you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and
> > I have one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have
> > two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw
>
> Well, I found this somewhat old post:
>
>
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/susenovell-60/error-could-not-find-mime-type-applicationoctet-stream-529525/
>
>
> That said, I looked at the location described and I don't even have the
> file that they are saying to edit.  Is it possible that you have this
> file and it is no longer needed after the update?
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
>
Thanks, a lot, Dale, that was it.

That proves old ghosts use to get back to haunt us once in a while ;-)

Francisco

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Re: [gentoo-user] MIME-type application/octet-stream missing on KDE 3

[Dale]

Francisco Ares wrote:
>
>
>
> Thanks, a lot, Dale, that was it.
>
> That proves old ghosts use to get back to haunt us once in a while ;-)
>
> Francisco
>

What made me think it may not be needed is that I don't have it and I
have the latest KDE 3.5 installed.  I know sometimes files move or
something and emerge does not touch a users directory that I have ever
seen.  I'm not sure but I doubt emerge can.  Looks like KDE should have
fixed it but I'm sure they are busy on KDE 4.  ;-)

I don't like ghosts in my puter either.  At least with mine, it is
usually the idiot in the chair.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] MIME-type application/octet-stream missing on KDE 3

[Francisco Ares]

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On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:51 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> Francisco Ares wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks, a lot, Dale, that was it.
> >
> > That proves old ghosts use to get back to haunt us once in a while ;-)
> >
> > Francisco
> >
>
> What made me think it may not be needed is that I don't have it and I
> have the latest KDE 3.5 installed.  I know sometimes files move or
> something and emerge does not touch a users directory that I have ever
> seen.  I'm not sure but I doubt emerge can.  Looks like KDE should have
> fixed it but I'm sure they are busy on KDE 4.  ;-)
>
> I don't like ghosts in my puter either.  At least with mine, it is
> usually the idiot in the chair.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
>
Looking at the file in
~/.kde3.5/share/mimelnk/application/octet-stream.desktop it contains MIME
information for an extension that I've included months ago, so that Firefox
(and probably all applications) would automagicaly open mplayer for
YouTube-like media files (*.flv extension), but as far as I can remember,
I've done that using KDE 3.5 tools.

Well, I've removed it, didn't try any *.flv yet, but there's no more of
those annoying warning messages.

Thanks a lot
Francisco


-- 
"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you
and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have one
idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." -
George Bernard Shaw

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