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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: mime errors
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-10-24 15:26:11
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On Mercredi 24 Octobre 2001 17:04, Rod Lima-Lopes wrote:
> Hi ..
> 
> I Installed kofficce under suse 7.2. the RPM installations ran smoothly
> but when I try to run any application the following error prints
> 
> rod@minfuin kword
> koffice (lib kofficecore): ERROR: Couldn't find the native MimeType in
> kword's desktop file. Check your installation !
> 
> How can I sort it out? i did not find any reference to this error in the
> docs.

Checkout the list archives, this isn't the first time ;)

1- Run the attached script to detect installation problems.
2- try running "kbuildsycoca"
3- look in ~/.kde/share/applnk/Office for a kword.desktop with Hidden=true,
and if you find it, delete it.

-- 
David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~david/ , http://www.konqueror.org/
KDE 3.0: Konquering the Desktops


["check_koffice_install.sh" (application/x-shellscript)]

#!/bin/bash
if ! kde-config ; then
  echo 'kde-config not found ! Aborting. You need a more recent KDE, or to fix your $PATH.'
  exit 1
fi

instance=kword
applnks=`kde-config --path apps`
found=0

function checkname()
{
  f=`echo $1 | sed -e 's,//,/,g'`
  if [ -f $f ]; then
    echo -n "Found: $f... "
    mimetypes=`grep ^MimeType $f|sed -e 's/.*=//;s/;/,/g;'`
    servicetypes=`grep ^ServiceTypes $f|sed -e 's/.*=//;s/$/,/g'`
    fulllist="$mimetypes,$servicetypes"
    if echo $fulllist | grep -q "KOfficePart,"; then
      echo "ok, this is a KOfficePart"
    else
      echo '**** KOfficePart not in list of types !'
      echo Service Types: $fulllist 
      cat $f
      exit 1
    fi
    nativemime=`grep X-KDE-NativeMimeType $f`
    echo Native mimetype : $nativemime
    if echo $nativemime | grep -q "application/x-$instance"; then
      found=1
    fi
  fi
}

IFS=:
for dir in $applnks; do
  f="$dir/Office/$instance.desktop"
  checkname $f 
done 

if [ $found = 0 ]; then
  echo
  echo Now looking by filename
  echo

  for dir in $applnks; do
    echo Looking under applnk dir: $dir
    find $dir -name $instance.desktop | while read f; do
      checkname $f 
    done
  done
fi

if [ $found = 0 ]; then
  echo '***** Native mimetype not found !'
  echo $applnks
fi

echo

stfound=0
for dir in `kde-config --path servicetypes`; do
  echo Service Types dir $dir
  f=`echo $dir/kofficepart.desktop | sed -e 's,//,/,g'`
  if [ -f $f ]; then
    echo Found $f
    grep Native $f
    stfound=1
  fi
done

if [ $stfound = 0 ]; then
  echo '****** kofficepart.desktop not found!'
  kde-config --path servicetypes
else
  echo
  if [ $found = 1 ]; then
    echo "Everything looks ok"
  fi
fi



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