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themusicalduck

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Registered: 2011-07-04

Posts: 123

[SOLVED] Gnome 3.26.2 - nautilus no longer can open any files.

Since upgrading to gnome 3.26.2, nautilus is no longer able to open files.

If I browse to say an mkv file, I will click it and the file will not open. All that happens is the nautilus window refreshes itself.

I also tried running xdg-open, gvfs-open and gio open against the file, but the same thing happens. The nautilus window I have open refreshes itself and no file opens.

If I open it with mpv it works. If I open it in thunar it works. If I log in with a different user then it works (with nautilus).

This happens with all files, including images. I can navigate directories fine though.

If I killall nautilus and then run it in a terminal, there is no output at all.

I tried resetting the gnome config using:

rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity .cache .dbus .dmrc .mission-control .thumbnails ~/.config/dconf/user

and removing .config/nautilus

Neither of these have helped.

Anyone have any ideas?

Last edited by themusicalduck (2017-12-06 10:57:59)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,653

Re: [SOLVED] Gnome 3.26.2 - nautilus no longer can open any files.

Nautilus is likely registered as the default application for everything, follow https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GN … plications and the link to further information therein to figure out more.

themusicalduck

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Registered: 2011-07-04

Posts: 123

Re: [SOLVED] Gnome 3.26.2 - nautilus no longer can open any files.

Brilliant, thank you. I removed mimeapps.list and mimeinfo.cache from my home directory and it seems to be working again.

Last edited by themusicalduck (2017-12-06 10:56:22)