From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sirgazil via Bug reports for GNU Guix Subject: bug#39843: Can't open files through file managers in other DEs and WMs Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:29:14 -0500 Message-ID: <17092a3832b.bdab92fb30395.7999615499543245374@zoho.com> Reply-To: sirgazil Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49812) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1j88kO-00079G-5L for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:30:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j88kN-0004sm-0A for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:30:04 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57718) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j88kM-0004sP-Tl for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:30:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1j88kM-0006p2-ON for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:30:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49758) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1j88jm-00075v-Bp for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:29:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j88jl-0004hR-0m for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:29:26 -0500 Received: from sender4-pp-o91.zoho.com ([136.143.188.91]:25125) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j88jk-0004fk-OU for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:29:24 -0500 List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 39843@debbugs.gnu.org I installed the Guix System several months ago and selected GNOME as the De= sktop 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 (sw= ay [not really a default]). Performing the following operations to open files from file managers fail f= or most file types (PNG, PDF, HTML, ODT, SVG, ...): =E2=80=A2 Double clicking a file. =E2=80=A2 Pressing Enter on a file. =E2=80=A2 Right clicking a file and selecting the default app for that kind= of file. =E2=80=A2 Right clicking a file and selecting another application from a li= st 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 ap= plications: $ 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 defa= ult 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 --- https://sirgazil.bitbucket.io/