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#1 2008-05-30 21:35:11

Raccoon1400
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GNOME: tried Xfce, and now gnome uses thunar

I installed xfce, and now gnome uses thunar sometimes. When I open something from the places menu, it opens in thunar. When I click on a desktop folder, it uses nautilus. How do I fix this? I haven't noticed any major difference between the two, but it would be better to use the same one all the time.


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#2 2008-05-30 22:13:56

SamC
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Re: GNOME: tried Xfce, and now gnome uses thunar

Uninstall thunar? Reinstall nautilus?

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#3 2008-05-31 00:59:01

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Re: GNOME: tried Xfce, and now gnome uses thunar

I can't reinstall nautilus. When I try to remove it, it can't because of dependencies.
Removing thunar would bring up the same problem.


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#4 2008-05-31 01:33:21

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Re: GNOME: tried Xfce, and now gnome uses thunar

You could try "pacman -Rdn nautilus", that leaves the dependencies in place, and removes the system-wide config files. You might still have some config files left in you home directory, though. After that, reinstall nautilus. Why do you need both, anyway?

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#5 2008-05-31 02:28:49

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Re: GNOME: tried Xfce, and now gnome uses thunar

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#6 2008-05-31 03:32:29

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Re: GNOME: tried Xfce, and now gnome uses thunar

In the open with tab, I see autorun prompt, konqueror, open folder, and open folder with thunar.
It was set to autorun prompt.
When set to open folder, places still opens thunar.
Can I edit the command behind the autorun prompt?


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#7 2008-05-31 03:39:07

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Re: GNOME: tried Xfce, and now gnome uses thunar

I added nautilus to the list, but places menu still opens thunar, no matter what open with is set to.


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#8 2008-05-31 11:07:09

_Marco_
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Re: GNOME: tried Xfce, and now gnome uses thunar

EDIT:

before deleting anything read my least message 2 posts under this

@samC this maybe a little offtopic.. but why pacman "-Rdn" instead of only "-Rd" ?

      -n, --nosave
           Instructs pacman to ignore file backup designations. Normally, when
           a file is removed from the system the database is checked to see if
           the file should be renamed with a ".pacsave" extension.

@reccoon1400

rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity

resets your gnome configuration to default (move them instead of deleting for backup purpuses)
I think that since gnome have it's program configs stored on gconf (re)moving ".gconf" and ".gconfd" could make the difference...
not sure anyway...

Last edited by _Marco_ (2008-05-31 14:39:40)

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#9 2008-05-31 11:47:19

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Re: GNOME: tried Xfce, and now gnome uses thunar

_Marco_ wrote:

@samC this maybe a little offtopic.. but why pacman "-Rdn" instead of only "-Rd" ?

      -n, --nosave
           Instructs pacman to ignore file backup designations. Normally, when
           a file is removed from the system the database is checked to see if
           the file should be renamed with a ".pacsave" extension.

@reccoon1400

rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity

resets your gnome configuration to default (move them instead of deleting for backup purpuses)
I think that since gnome have it's program configs stored on gconf (re)moving ".gconf" and ".gconfd" could make the difference...
not sure anyway...

I think you're looking at the wrong pacman option tongue

  -n, --nosave         remove configuration files as well

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#10 2008-05-31 14:37:07

_Marco_
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Re: GNOME: tried Xfce, and now gnome uses thunar

@heleos
oO this is strange...

       -R, --remove
           Remove a package from the system. Groups can also be specified to
           be removed, in which case every package in that group will be
           removed. Files belonging to the specified package will be deleted,
           and the database will be updated. Most configuration files will be
           saved with a extension unless the --nosave option is used. See
           Remove Options below.

and

REMOVE OPTIONS
       -c, --cascade
           Remove all target packages, as well as all packages that depend on
           one or more target packages. This operation is recursive, and must
           be used with care since it can remove many potentially needed
           packages.

       -k, --keep
           Removes the database entry only. Leaves all files in place.

       -n, --nosave
           Instructs pacman to ignore file backup designations. Normally, when
           a file is removed from the system the database is checked to see if
           the file should be renamed with a ".pacsave" extension.

       -s, --recursive
           Remove each target specified including all of their dependencies,
           provided that (A) they are not required by other packages; and (B)
           they were not explicitly installed by the user. This operation is
           recursive and analogous to a backwards --sync operation, and helps
           keep a clean system without orphans.

I found a bug in the "code" (:P)
just kidding...

@reccoon1400
anyway I have to correct my previous message, 'cause I found this :
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=48836

in  ".local/share/applications/" gnome/xfce/pcmanfm/I_suppose_everything save it's "file associations"
try to take a look there...

@everyone
(I'd like to place here too a note "before doing anything read my previous post.. this would be funny tongue)
sorry for the confusion..

Last edited by _Marco_ (2008-05-31 14:43:27)

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