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Can't open files through file managers in other DEs and WMs

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To: sirgazil <sirgazil <at> zoho.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39843: closed (Can't open files through file managers in
 other DEs and WMs)
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 19:17:01 +0000

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From: sirgazil <sirgazil <at> zoho.com>
To: "bug-guix" <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Can't open files through file managers in other DEs and WMs
Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:29:14 -0500

I installed the Guix System several months ago and selected GNOME as the Desktop Environment (DE). Recently, however, I decided to fallback to another DE or Window Manager (WM) because of a memory issue in GNOME (see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2020-02/msg00206.html). So far I have installed XFCE, MATE and sway, but, in all of them I can't open most files using their default file managers: Thunar (XFCE), Caja (MATE), Nautilus (sway [not really a default]).

Performing the following operations to open files from file managers fail for most file types (PNG, PDF, HTML, ODT, SVG, ...):

• Double clicking a file.
• Pressing Enter on a file.
• Right clicking a file and selecting the default app for that kind of file.
• Right clicking a file and selecting another application from a list of suggested apps.

The only kind of file that opens correctly so far is MP3.

Doing the following from a terminal opens files correctly in the default applications:

  $ xdg-open path/to/file.png
  $ xdg-open path/to/file.pdf


(Note that I never use xdg-utils directly to manipulate MIME types and default apps associations. I leave that to GUIs provided by DEs.)


System Information:

MATE 1.22.0
XFCE 4.14.0
sway 1.2
guix 079ee3b
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: 079ee3b5ea7e9e9bf34753df42957d280e8eabc5


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From: sirgazil <sirgazil <at> zoho.com>
To: "39843-done" <39843-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Can't open files through file managers in other DEs and WMs
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 19:16:03 +0000

After removing the workaround from my system configuration file and reconfiguring the system with a recent Guix (see below), things work find in MATE, Xfce and sway. I can't reproduce the problems anymore.

$ guix describe
Generation 72	Apr 17 2020 08:12:14	(current)
  sirgazil-x 66d4b67
    repository URL: https://gitlab.com/sirgazil/guix-channel-x.git
    branch: master
    commit: 66d4b677875c84d0b7a946376cd4885f202094eb
  guix 79ef072
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: 79ef0726a9afb7bd4676b9a53401f742c7b83653


Thanks for fixing this.

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