johnd Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) Hi I seem to have identified a bug - perhaps. For some strange reason all OO3 apps are in my menu system except swriter. Associated with this fact there is no file association for swriter. (swriter is installed). When I open System settings-> file associations -> vnd.oasis.opendocument.text there is (obviously) no entry there for swriter. When I try to add it, since it is not in the menu, it cannot be added directly. So I browse to the program directory for OO3 and choose swriter. The system then promptly adds kwrite to the list - very annoying and perfectly useless. I have tried this about 4 times and the same happens each time. Any ideas? [using 2009] Edited March 11, 2009 by johnd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) In terminal, both as root and normal user, run the command: update-menus -v Then try "repairing" your installation according to the script, at this link written by Steve Scrimpshire. It's easy to use. Edited March 11, 2009 by Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted March 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Thanks for the suggestions - had already tried the menu fixer from the GUI - so tried again with the CLI instructions as given with no change. Tried the script given in the link - only found ppp missing and installed it. So still no file association for OO writer or item in the menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medo3891 Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Does this file exist on your system: /usr/share/applications/writer.desktop ? If it exist post its contents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Does this file exist on your system: /usr/share/applications/writer.desktop ? If it exist post its contents. [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Terminal=false TryExec=oowriter3.0 Exec=oowriter3.0 %U Icon=ooo-writer3.0 Type=Application Categories=Office;WordProcessor;X-MandrivaLinux-CrossDesktop; StartupNotify=false MimeType=application/msword;application/rtf;application/vnd.ms-works;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-master;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template;application/vnd.stardivision.writer;application/vnd.stardivision.writer-global;application/vnd.sun.xml.writer;application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global;application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template;application/vnd.wordperfect;application/wordperfect;application/x-extension-txt;application/x-t602;text/plain;text/rtf;application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document;application/vnd.ms-word.template.macroEnabled.12;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template;zz-application/zz-winassoc-wps;application/x-msworks-wp; InitialPreference=5 Name=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[af]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[ar]=أوبن Ø£Ùيس.أورج رايتر Name[be@latin]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[bg]=OpenOffice.org текÑтообработка Name[ca]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[cs]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[dz]=ཨོ་པཱན་ཨོ་ཕིསི.à½¨à½¼à¼‹à½¨à½¢à¼‹à½‡à½²à¼‹à ½¢à¾©à½¼à½˜à¼‹à½ བྲི་པ༠Name[el]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[en_CA]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[en_GB]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[es]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[eu]=OpenOffice.org Testu-prozesadorea Name[fi]=OpenOffice.org-tekstinkäsittely Name[fr]=Texte OpenOffice.org Name[gl]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[he]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[hu]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[it]=OpenOffice.org - Writer Name[ja]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[ko]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[lt]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[nb]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[ne]=ओपनअफिस.अरà¥à¤— राइटर Name[nl]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[oc]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[ps]=اوپناÙس.ورګ ليکوال Name[pt_BR]=BrOffice.org Writer Name[sl]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[sr]=OpenOffice.org ПиÑац Name[sr@Latn]=OpenOffice.org Pisac Name[sv]=OpenOffice.org Writer Name[vi]=Writer của OpenOffice.org Name[zh_CN]=OpenOffice.org Writer GenericName=Word Processor GenericName[af]=Woordverwerker GenericName[ar]=معالج كلمات GenericName[az]=KÉ™lmÉ™ Ä°ÅŸlÉ™dici GenericName[be@latin]=Redaktar dakumentaÅ GenericName[bg]=ТекÑтообработка GenericName[bs]=Word Processor GenericName[ca]=Processador de textos GenericName[cs]=Textový procesor GenericName[da]=Tekstbehandler GenericName[de]=Textverarbeitung GenericName[dz]=ཡིག་སྦྱོར་པ༠GenericName[el]=ΕπεξεÏγαστής κειμÎνου GenericName[en_CA]=Word Processor GenericName[en_GB]=Word Processor GenericName[en_ZA]=Word Processor GenericName[es]=Procesador de textos GenericName[eu]=Testu-prozesadorea GenericName[fi]=Tekstinkäsittely GenericName[fr]=Traitement de texte GenericName[ga]=Próiseálaithe Focal GenericName[gl]=Procesador de textos GenericName[gu]=વરà«àª¡ પà«àª°à«‹àª¸à«‡àª¸àª° GenericName[he]=מעבד ×ª×ž×œ×™×œ×™× GenericName[hr]=Program za obradu teksta GenericName[hu]=SzövegszerkesztÅ‘ GenericName[is]=Ritvinnsla GenericName[it]=Word processor GenericName[ja]=ワープムGenericName[ka]=ტექსტის რედáƒáƒ¥áƒ¢áƒáƒ ი GenericName[ko]=워드 프로세서 GenericName[lt]=Teksto doroklÄ— GenericName[mk]=ПроцеÑор за текÑÑ‚ GenericName[ms]=Pemproses Perkataan GenericName[nb]=Tekstbehandling GenericName[ne]=शबà¥à¤¦ पà¥à¤°à¤¶à¥‹à¤§à¤• GenericName[nl]=Tekstverwerker GenericName[nr]=Isenzi Mitlolo GenericName[nso]=Sehlami sa LentÅ¡u GenericName[oc]=Tractament de tèxt GenericName[pa]=ਸ਼ਬਦਕਾਰ GenericName[pl]=Procesor tekstu GenericName[ps]=ÙˆÙŠÛ Ø¨Ù‡ÙŠØ±Ú«Ø± GenericName[pt]=Word Processor GenericName[pt_BR]=Processador de texto GenericName[sk]=Textový procesor GenericName[sl]=Urejevalnik besedil GenericName[sq]=Procesues teksti GenericName[sr]=Обрада текÑта GenericName[sr@Latn]=Obrada teksta GenericName[st]=Word Processor GenericName[sv]=Ordbehandlare GenericName[th]=พิมพ์งาน GenericName[tr]=Kelime Ä°ÅŸlem GenericName[ts]=Xitirhisi xa marito GenericName[uk]=ТекÑтовий процеÑор GenericName[vi]=Bá»™ xá» lý từ GenericName[wa]=Aspougneu d' tecse GenericName[xh]=Inkqubo Yokuqhuba Amagama GenericName[zh_CN]=æ–‡å—å¤„ç† GenericName[zh_TW]=文書處ç†å™¨ GenericName[zu]=Umshini Ohlela Amagama Comment=Create and edit text and graphics in letters, reports, documents and Web pages by using Writer. 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medo3891 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Just for testing, create a new user account and test there, so we can pin point the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 OK - I logged in with an existing test account I have and there is no problem - so obviously something (minor) wrong with my account. I figure it has something to do with me fiddling around making an icon on the panel to start the OO3 opening interface. I am willing to live with it if there are no simple solutions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medo3891 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Rename ~/.local/share/applications in your home folder to applications-old then in terminal as user: kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental Renaming the applications folder will reset all file types associations. If you want to keep the applications folder, it'll be a bit tedious, post the contents of: .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted March 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 That seems to have done the job - many thanks. Just interested though - how has this worked when the applications folder has not been regenerated? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medo3891 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 If ~/.local/share/applications doesn't exist then the system wide /usr/share/applications will be used. ~/.local/share/applications will be recreated the first time you change a file association or create a custom menu entry. Don't get deterred changing file associations, it'll probably work OK next time, you just hit a snag. KDE4.1.x is a bit messy managing file associations, it'd would probably have been not so hard to edit the files manually to resolve the ooo writer problem but it's easier just deleting/renaming the whole folder : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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