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#1 2008-07-17 05:36:16

PrimoTurbo
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[solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

Using the default firefox(minefield) from arch db. There is nothing listed under applications tab under pref. I cannot get external programs to open files like torrents or pdf files, etc.. I need a fix if possible.

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I found some info from this thread - http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=46470

The reason why no applications are listed is because the arch build has gnome-vfs disabled.

Not sure if this is still the case, any ideas?

Last edited by PrimoTurbo (2008-07-19 08:39:01)

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#2 2008-07-17 06:53:59

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

do you have gnome-vfs installed?

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#3 2008-07-17 06:54:23

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

You need to install gnome-mime-data or some other package providing mime stuff


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#4 2008-07-17 07:50:56

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

Installed gnome-vfs, gnome-mime-data & gconf. Still nothing in the tab..

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#5 2008-07-17 12:10:13

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

Try the mozilla bugtracker, this is Arch discussion

Last edited by dolby (2008-07-17 12:10:29)


There shouldn't be any reason to learn more editor types than emacs or vi -- mg (1)
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#6 2008-07-17 12:45:55

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

try installing mime-types

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#7 2008-07-17 14:45:15

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

I can confirm this, with mime-types installed there are still no apps listed.

PrimoTurbo: does it work in other distros? If so, this is an Arch issue. If not, it's a Firefox bug.

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#8 2008-07-17 15:15:29

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

Take a look at this bug report and discussion http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10419


You need to install an RTFM interface.

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#9 2008-07-17 15:28:33

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

Eww. That is very ugly. Why didn't they fix it before the release?

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#10 2008-07-17 20:05:51

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

Yes it works on other distros like Ubuntu, it's something to do with Arch.

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#11 2008-07-17 20:24:19

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

Installing mime-types, gnome-vfs, gnome-mime-data & gconf works. But only if you create a new profile. My old profile still has no entries and this is after I copied mimeTypes.rdf from new profile to old. Any ideas on what file I need to copy to get it listed?

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#12 2008-07-18 03:48:48

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

Ugh. Reopen the bug report then... And maybe see if the MIME stuff can be handled without Gnome crap?

Edit: n/m I'll reopen the bug report.

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#13 2008-07-18 05:18:38

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

I was able to fix the issue with the "proposed patch" from the mozilla bug report.  With this patch the applications tab should work even if no gnome dependencies are installed.

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#14 2008-07-18 05:59:57

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

Any news on whether this is fixed in 3.0.1?

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#15 2008-07-18 07:15:19

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

Gullible Jones wrote:

Any news on whether this is fixed in 3.0.1?

It's not in 3.0.1.  It will be fixed in 3.1, or so the bug report claims.

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#16 2008-07-19 08:38:01

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Re: [solved]Firefox has empty applications list! Help..

I just upgraded to 3.0.1 and it fixed for me. I don't know it is due to the packages I already installed but the list is there under old profile and all. yikes

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