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#1 2010-12-27 16:31:58

ctarwater
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[solved] pcmanfm 0.9.8 - "open with" dialog and applications sidebar

I'm running pcmanfm with fairly fresh reinstall of openbox and I'm still struggling to get my xdg/mimeinfo stuff straightened out.

I've installed both lxmenu-data and gnome-menus and when I right click on a file and select "open with" it is blank.  Nothing is listed.  Doing the same with Thunar works like expected.

Also, the "applications" menu/shortcut section of pcmanfm is curiously empty even after installing gvfs. 

I'm trying to figure out if it's just a package that I'm missing because my previous install had it working fine.  (I habitually reinstall just to update my documentation...what can I say, I'm strange)

Thanks!

Last edited by ctarwater (2010-12-27 18:34:14)

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#2 2010-12-27 16:49:06

litemotiv
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Re: [solved] pcmanfm 0.9.8 - "open with" dialog and applications sidebar

Do you have libfm installed?

You don't need gnome-menus by the way.


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#3 2010-12-27 16:55:13

ctarwater
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Re: [solved] pcmanfm 0.9.8 - "open with" dialog and applications sidebar

yeah, libfm is installed. 

(I installed gnome-menus based on a tip from the forums that suggested it as a possible solution)

Are people having better luck with the git version of libfm/pcmanfm?

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#4 2010-12-27 16:58:05

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Re: [solved] pcmanfm 0.9.8 - "open with" dialog and applications sidebar

ctarwater wrote:

yeah, libfm is installed. 

(I installed gnome-menus based on a tip from the forums that suggested it as a possible solution)

Are people having better luck with the git version of libfm/pcmanfm?

I'm using -git and it works okay there.


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#5 2010-12-27 17:04:14

ctarwater
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Re: [solved] pcmanfm 0.9.8 - "open with" dialog and applications sidebar

Great, thanks!

Before I try that though I'll likely dig around  a bit more.  I think it's related to some filetype / mime issues. 
I just tried to open a .torrent file with

mimeopen -d /path/to/file

and I got the error:  "No applications found for mimetype: application/x-bittorrent"

damn.

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#6 2010-12-27 17:53:37

ctarwater
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Re: [solved] pcmanfm 0.9.8 - "open with" dialog and applications sidebar

ok, I just installed pcmanfm-git and libfm-git.  Still having the same problem.  Any suggestions?

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#7 2010-12-27 18:02:31

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Re: [solved] pcmanfm 0.9.8 - "open with" dialog and applications sidebar

ctarwater wrote:

ok, I just installed pcmanfm-git and libfm-git.  Still having the same problem.  Any suggestions?

Hmm, reboot, just in case?


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#8 2010-12-27 18:05:36

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Re: [solved] pcmanfm 0.9.8 - "open with" dialog and applications sidebar

funny you should mention that...I had the same thought right before I posted...

**EDIT**
Got it!  Deleted the "menus" folder in ~/.cache and now apps sidebar is working as is the "open with" dialog.

Thanks!

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#9 2010-12-27 18:28:21

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Re: [solved] pcmanfm 0.9.8 - "open with" dialog and applications sidebar

Good to hear ctarwater. :-) Please mark your thread solved!


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