-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frank McCormick wrote: > mond wrote: >> On Feb 19, 7:30 pm, Nuno Magalhães <nunomagalh...@eu.ipp.pt> wrote: >>>> Recently, my gnome failed to recognize any file by its name extension. >>> That's actually a good thing if you've been reading the thread about >>> .desktop "viruses". However, shouldn't gnome fallback to file magic >>> test if extension test fails? >>> >> yes. That, for sure, will avoid some viruses. But the thing is that >> file magic test is gone on my gnome. I believe a dist-upgrade removed >> some gnome component which perform magic test. I just can recall the >> name now. > >> Recent dist-upgrade wanted to remove a lot of gnome component. Of >> cause I did not upgrade. The problem happened right after lenny's >> release. If I can track my update history, I may figure out a way to >> solve it. > > > > > I am facing a similar problem with Gnome - recently my desktop icons > all changed to generic looking icons and they now fail to run the > program they are supposed to represent. I've been told it is probably > the result of the current upgrade after the release of Lenny. >
I fixed my icon problem (which was mime-related apparently) by downgrading shared-mime-info to the version in Lenny (I run Sid). Now all I have to do is figure out the aptitude command to keep it there for a while :) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkme3SIACgkQnQV1aTcQlJuAwQCeLRTsm3WnfmChDup5N7ZrtASx kZ0An12s7krWh7EiRXPnjxlG1iPNkC27 =E5bW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
