Chromium "Show in folder" option doesn't work in most cases

Juanlu001 · 2011-02-01 12:53:12

I have a stupid issue in Chromium for a while (it hasn't been there for always). I use Openbox as a standalone WM without any DE, and I Thunar as FM. When I start Chromium from the OB menu or by typing Alt-F2 with gm-run, I'm unable to open the containing folder after a download. No warnings. But, on the other hand, when I type chromium from the console, "Show in folder" works like a charm.

Anybody can offer som help, or at least tell me how can I debug the program so I can find the error?

Thanks!

Juanlu001 · 2011-02-01 21:54:34

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At least, is there any way of debugging the program when it's started from the menu or the application launcher?

archyblue · 2011-02-03 13:45:57

It might be a XDG issue. This is how I fixed it:

 
$ which xdg-open
/usr/bin/xdg-open
$ sudo nano /usr/bin/xdg-open

Go down towards the bottom and change this section,

generic)
open_generic "$url"
;;

to look like this,

generic)
thunar "$url"
;;

Keep in mind that this probably not the appropriate way of correcting this issue, but it works. You might want to backup /usr/bin/xdg-open before modifying it.

Last edited by archyblue (2011-02-03 13:47:15)

anonymous_user · 2011-02-03 18:17:29

Alternatively just install perl-file-mimeinfo and see if it helps.

Juanlu001 · 2011-02-04 07:44:51

I don't think is a xdg issue, because xdg-open works nicely on its own.

And perl-mime-mimeinfo doesn't appear to exist. Did you mean perl-mime-types?

x33a · 2011-02-04 08:15:09

@ Juanlu001, actually anonymous_user said,

perl-file-mimeinfo

and not

perl-mime-mimeinfo

It's a great package, i switched to it from xdg-mime and it's present in extra repo.

Juanlu001 · 2011-02-04 13:47:25

Ooops

All right, I'll try that package. Thanks!

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#1 2011-02-01 12:53:12

Chromium "Show in folder" option doesn't work in most cases

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