On Friday 09 January 2009 Guido Pinkernell wrote: > Am Freitag 09 Januar 2009 23:01:28 schrieb Anne Wilson: > > On Friday 09 January 2009 21:41:09 Guido Pinkernell wrote: > > > Am Freitag 09 Januar 2009 17:24:49 schrieb Anne Wilson: > > > > On Friday 09 January 2009 16:02:28 Guido Pinkernell wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > does kde4 lack the possibility of associating file types to > > > > > applications? > > > > > > > > > > guido@amilo:~> kcmshell4 filetypes > > > > > findServiceByDesktopPath: filetypes.desktop not found > > > > > kcmshell(3491)/kcmshell (kdelibs) locateModule: Could not > > > > > find module ' "filetypes" '. > > > > > > > > > > This is on KDE Version 4.1.3 (KDE 4.1.3) "release 69.2" > > > > > > > > Open systemsettings, Advanced tab, and there, on the top row, > > > > you'll find File Associations. > > > > > > It's not there. That's the problem. In fact, it seems that it > > > is not installed, as the command line version of > > > systemsettings, kcmshell4 filetypes, returns with an "could not > > > find module" error (see above). > > > > > > I have checked with YaST2 which kde package contains the > > > missing filteypes.desktop file. The only package is kdebase3. > > > No kdebase4 existent, and the other kde4 packages do not > > > contain a filetypes.desktop. > > > > > > Hm. Since your systemsettings does offer a file association > > > option, would you mind checking which kde4 package provides the > > > filetype.desktop on your computer? > > > > application > > x-desktop > > Sorry again, Anne. My English must be horrible. I am not interested > in what applications, on your computer, are associated with files > with the ending .desktop. What I am interested to know is what kde4 > package provides the missing filetypes.desktop file. On my system, > YaST2 tells me there is none... > > Thanks for your patience. > On Mandriva that file is in the dolphin package (KDE4.1.3) Jim ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.