Version: 4.2.0 (using KDE 4.2.0) OS: Linux Installed from: Slackware Packages I think KDE 4 does not take into consideration (load) freedesktop mimetype aliases. In order to reproduce, for examples let's take the application/x-subrip mimetype. From /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml: <mime-type type="application/x-subrip"> <alias type="application/x-srt"/> (update-mime-database /usr/share/mime is run on my distro, so /usr/share/mime/applications/x-subrip.xml is in place and it contains: <mime-type xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info" type="application/x-subrip"> <!--Created automatically by update-mime-database. DO NOT EDIT!--> [SNIP other stuff ....] <alias type="application/x-srt"/> <sub-class-of type="text/plain"/> <generic-icon name="text-x-generic"/> </mime-type> ) Now, to reproduce: Method 1: K -> System Settings -> Advanced -> File Associations, we type x-srt in the filter and nothing is displayed below. Method 2: Let's say I am an application developer, freedesktop compatible, and register a .desktop [desktop entry] in /usr/share/applications/myapp.desktop: [Desktop Entry] Categories=AudioVideo; Comment=my comment Exec=myapp %f GenericName=MyApp Icon=myapp MimeType=application/x-srt; Name=MyApp Terminal=false Type=Application This also doesn't work. It won't register my application to handle .srt files, it's not listed anywhere in File Associations. If I register the application for MimeType=application/x-subrip; of course it works, but what about the mimetype alias ?? It used to work under KDE3, I think there was x-srt loaded under File Associations (The problem came up when I upgraded to KDE4).
Another example is that in recent versions of shared-mime-info audio/x-flac has been renamed to audio/flac, with audio/x-flac as alias. Applications such as Amarok and VLC still associate themselves with audio/x-flac and that association isn't shown under File Associations nor can *.flac files be opened from a file manager. This issue has also been reported in bug 268896.
Dear Bug Submitter, This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond. Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Dear Bug Submitter, This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? This bug will be moved back to REPORTED Status for manual review later, which may take a while. If you are able to, please lend us a hand. Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
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This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information. For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!