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soylent_green_is_hamster

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Registered: 2006-11-15

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xfce4 file associations simple problem

Can anyone help me with some simple file association problems in xfce4?

whenever I click a link, it tries to launch the GNOME Web Browser, and I get the following message:

Could not start GNOME Web Browser
Startup failed because of the following error:
Unable to determine the address of the message bus (try 'man dbus-launch' and 'man dbus-daemon' for help)

I've set the preferred application to Opera in the Settings menu, but no difference.

Additionally, can anyone point to somewhere explaining how to write custom commands for opening files in thunar. For example, it doesn't recognise .torrent files, and I'd like to launch them in Azureus when I click on them.

Any help appreciated!

ralvy

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From: Santa Monica, California

Registered: 2004-12-06

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Re: xfce4 file associations simple problem

Is dbus running? If not, make sure it's installed.

soylent_green_is_hamster

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Re: xfce4 file associations simple problem

yes - dbus is running

dolby

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Re: xfce4 file associations simple problem

run dbus-launch gnome web browser

about the thunar question if u right click a .torrent file and open it with azureus theres a tick which is ticked by default to open these files every time with azureus.

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soylent_green_is_hamster

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Re: xfce4 file associations simple problem

run dbus-launch gnome web browser

this produces the following error

Couldn't exec web: No such file or directory

about the thunar question if u right click a .torrent file and open it with azureus theres a tick which is ticked by default to open these files every time with azureus.

yeah - but azureus isn't listed as one of the  applications I can pick from. Not sure what to do...

dolby

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Re: xfce4 file associations simple problem

run dbus-launch gnome web browser

this produces the following error

Couldn't exec web: No such file or directory

about the thunar question if u right click a .torrent file and open it with azureus theres a tick which is ticked by default to open these files every time with azureus.

yeah - but azureus isn't listed as one of the  applications I can pick from. Not sure what to do...

errm ...

dbus-launch NAME_OF_BROWSER_EXECUTIVE

edit: u could always edit the menu or make a custom link adding the command for example dbus-launch FOO instead of just FOO

about azureus: add it manually using a custom command..

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soylent_green_is_hamster

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Re: xfce4 file associations simple problem

My problem is that clicking on links (for example from a terminal, or thunderbird) tries to launch the GNOME web browser (which fails). I want to set my default browser to something else. ie opera

I realise that I need to create a custom command, but, like I said, I don't know how. Do I just type 'Azureus' for example, or is it 'Azureus $F' or something else. Regardless of what I type in there, I just get a permission denied error anyway.

soylent_green_is_hamster

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Re: xfce4 file associations simple problem

so does anyone know why applications try to launch the GNOME browser, or why I get "permission denied" errors when I try to create a custom command as a normal user?

pretty simple stuff really, but can't figure it out, and this is the newbie forum!

is it possible to edit the right-click menus you get for certain file types?

cheers!

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

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Re: xfce4 file associations simple problem

The Xfce settings manager ('xfce-setting-show') has an entry to choose your "Preferred Applications".

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soylent_green_is_hamster

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Re: xfce4 file associations simple problem

yes - but as I said in my original post, this makes no difference

ingvildr

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Registered: 2005-04-19

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Re: xfce4 file associations simple problem

Here is a post that helps with the thunderbird problem http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=24713. And for xfce terminal go to edit > applications and set them to the ones you want, but you have to middle click links for them to work.

hope that helps