Every few hours my ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list becomes corrupted. Before and after the "=" (equals) symbols in that file, spaces become inserted. E.g.: Before: text/plain=kde4-kwrite.desktop;kde4-kate.desktop; After: text/plain = kde4-kwrite.desktop;kde4-kate.desktop;kde4-calligrawords_ascii.desktop; Because of this, in the "Open With" menu (in Dolphin) the uppermost, default entry becomes the lowest. And the second entry becomes the default. The order doesn't changes in the mimeapps.list It's just, that KDE/Dolphin seems to interpret it differently if there are spaces around the equals " = " sign. I really don't know what could cause this. This bug is appearing to me since a few weeks (max. 1 month). I currently have no idea how to find out, what process modifies mimeapps.list So for the beginning, let's just see if there are other people out there, having the same problem. Reproducible: Sometimes
Yeah! Found a way to watch which process is writing mimeapps.list Linux is great! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify#FANOTIFY https://www.piware.de/2012/02/fatrace-report-system-wide-file-access-events/ So I'm doing: sudo fatrace --filter=W ~/.local/share/applications/ | grep '/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list' Now I'll have to wait. I'll tell you if I found out which process is the bad one!
Looks like the file modification is caused by Mono. I'm running a program called CKAN, which helps me to update and install mods for Kerbal Space Program (a game). 20:18:15.394252 mono(15313): W /home/user/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN I send a bug report with that to the guys behind the CKAN program. Nevertheless I guess having spaces in the mimeapps.list file should be OK. So it's more like a problem of KDE, because it can't correctly read the file when there are spaces. https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/issues/1498 Just to ensure you: It's not the game (Kerbal Space Program, which is also written with Mono), but the CKAN program which messes around with the mimeapps.list file.
Thought about it. I guess KDE does everything correctly because mimeapps.list can have lines likes this: application/MySQL Workbench=mysql workbench.desktop; So spaces can really have a meaning. Nevertheless I'm really not an expert on this...
(In reply to kolAflash from comment #2) > Looks like the file modification is caused by Mono. I'm running a program > called CKAN, which helps me to update and install mods for Kerbal Space > Program (a game). > > 20:18:15.394252 mono(15313): W > /home/user/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list > > https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN > > I send a bug report with that to the guys behind the CKAN program. > Nevertheless I guess having spaces in the mimeapps.list file should be OK. > So it's more like a problem of KDE, because it can't correctly read the file > when there are spaces. > > https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/issues/1498 > > Just to ensure you: It's not the game (Kerbal Space Program, which is also > written with Mono), but the CKAN program which messes around with the > mimeapps.list file. Sounds like you identified and found the issue! Can you please test and confirm if this issue is still occurring or if this bug report can be marked as resolved. I'm setting status to "needsinfo" pending your response, please change back to "reported" or "resolved" when you respond, thanks.
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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!