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twin

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From: Greece

Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 47

pcmanfm problem after gnome update

after today's pacman -Syu :

I can no longer execute any program through pcmanfm, for example I cannot open an .ogg with mplayer, or a .jpg with mirage, etc.
Seems like pcmanfm can't find any executables.

Everything seems fine in nautilus, except the fact that I lost the ability to "open terminal here"(even though I still have the nautilus-open-terminal plugin installed).

Anybody else with similar issues?

Last edited by twin (2009-04-06 19:24:32)

allbluedream

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Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 155

Re: pcmanfm problem after gnome update

Seems that I've been struck by the same problem... Still seeking a fix

L0cutus

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Registered: 2005-11-17

Posts: 24

Re: pcmanfm problem after gnome update

the same here

i've see that if i run pcmanfm from a terminal, all works ok...

Last edited by L0cutus (2009-04-07 20:35:23)

bernarcher

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From: Germany

Registered: 2009-02-17

Posts: 2,281

Re: pcmanfm problem after gnome update

Could it be WM/DE dependent? It works here flawlessly in IceWM.

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twin

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From: Greece

Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 47

Re: pcmanfm problem after gnome update

@L0cutus

same here, pcmanfm works fine when started from the command line, but otherwise sometimes it even causes my system to freeze...

@bernarcher

you're right. It must be DE dependent, and I "blame" the latest gnome updates for it.:P

Too bad, cause I prefer pcmanfm over nautilus, but I must keep gnome fot the whole family's convinience!

vau

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From: Adelaide, Australia

Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 24

Re: pcmanfm problem after gnome update

@L0cutus

same here, pcmanfm works fine when started from the command line, but otherwise sometimes it even causes my system to freeze...

about freezing:

Try this: go to Gnome menu, browse to pcmanfm launcher, right-click --> "Add this launcher to desktop".

Now open newly created launcher with text editor and change StartupNotify from true to false. Save, exit and try to run this launcher. If it is OK and better, make a permanent change to /usr/share/applications/pcmanfm.desktop. Although, I don't know whether it is going to be overwritten by the next update.