Ubuntu
thunar package

XFCE4 steals gnome file associations.

Bug #872712 reported by Alistair Buxton
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
thunar (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
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Bug Description

To reproduce:

1. sudo apt-get install xfce4
2. Restart computer, log in to XFCE4 session and use it for a bit.
3. Restart computer, log in to "Ubuntu" (Unity) session.
3. Open a terminal.
4. xdg-open .

The last command opens thunar instead of nautilus until the thunar packages are completely uninstalled from the system.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xfce4 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 12 09:00:26 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
SourcePackage: xfce4
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-09 (2 days ago)

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Alistair Buxton (a-j-buxton) wrote :
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Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) wrote :

Sorry, but I'm afraid it'll stay like that. You can still set up nautilus as the default file manager manually.

affects: xfce4 (Ubuntu) → thunar (Ubuntu)
Changed in thunar (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
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Alistair Buxton (a-j-buxton) wrote :

And what if the computer has two users, one who likes to use Gnome and Nautilus, and the other likes to use XFCE and Thunar?

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