Re: konqueror classifies files with no extension as octet-stream

On 09/17/2016 03:21 PM, Thierry de Coulon wrote: > On Saturday 17 September 2016 04.35:28 Nathan Rugg wrote: >> On 09/17/2016 09:57 AM, Kate Draven wrote: >>>> I recently installed Trinity and everything is going well except that >>>> konqueror classifies all files with no extension as octet-stream. Any >>>> idea how to fix that problem? If I use `file` from the command line >>>> like this `file --mime-type FILENAME`, it will give the correct mime >>>> type. GTK programs also work correctly. It appears to be something >>>> specific with TDE. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Nathan > Hello Nathan, > > You don't say what distribution you installed on, nor what type the files > really are. You don't say either why you have files without extension. Do > they come from another system (I mostly know Windows and Mac users to > create such as their OS/UI hide the extensions by default). > > I tried to duplicate your problem here (openSUSE 13.1 + TDE 14) but I > can't: > > - If I remove the extension to LibreOffice files, Konqueror still > identifies them correctly > - If I create files without extension (I can't do that with LibreOffice, > by the way) with kedit, I get this: > > An empty text file is seen as "unknown", Konqueror asks me to choose the > program to open it. > > If I type a few words into the file, it gets identified as "plain text" > > > So it seems to me that Konqueror actually has a way to analyse the file. > This might point to a problem in identifying your files. > > Anyway, I am not sure your problem is TDE specific, at least as long as > it is a problem of "no extension", because here Konqueror does not > classify files without extension as octet-stream. There seems to be > someting specific also to your files. >