GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 343052
eog lists MimeType=image/x-psd but doesn't open that format
Last modified: 2007-03-12 16:47:54 UTC
That bug has been described on https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/46179 "Description of Problem: On a default installation, Nautilus tries to open a PSD (Photoshop Document) file with "Image Viewer" (Eye of GNOME). Unfortunately, Image Viewer does not support PSD. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Get a PSD file. Alternatively, you can create a new one with The GIMP. 2. Open a file browser window and go to the folder with the PSD file. 3. Double-click on the PSD file. Actual Results: The wait cursor shows up for about 15 seconds, then nothing happens. Expected Results: The file should be open by an application supporting the PSD format, like The GIMP. How often does this happen? Always. Additional Information: This issue is easily fixed by going in the Properties of a PSD file, then setting the right application in the "Open With" tab. That said, the user should not have to correct the association manually on his shiny, new" That happens because /usr/share/applications/eog.desktop lists "image/x-psd" to the MimeType= list, either eog is supposed to open that format or the .desktop should not list it, in any case that's an eog bug
*** Bug 344177 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
is eog supposed to open the PSD format? If not, any reason to do that trivial .desktop change?
At least for now, EOG is not supposed to open PSD format. EOG's .desktop file fixed. Thanks! 2006-08-10 Lucas Rocha <lucasr@gnome.org> * eog.desktop.in.in: removed image/x-psd from supported mime-types (Fixes bug #343052).
I'm still seeing this bug in 2.16.
Joachim, Could it be possible that's a manual association? Check the properties for a psd file and see if you can remove EOG from the list of associated applications for that mimetype. I double checked eog.desktop.in.in and there's no reference to psd files on it.
Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug if you can provide the information asked for. Thanks!
Sorry for not getting back to you, the NEEDINFO went to the reporter not me. I've just checked (Ubuntu Edgy, Gnome 2.16.1) and I can't remove EOG from the list of associations. The mime type is image/x-psd.
This looks like a bug in Ubuntu. The last comments in the launchpad link above are about rejected package updates one regarding the desktop-file-utils package setting the gimp as default application for image/x-psd. Unfortunately the d-f-u package available in edgy (or even the one in feisty) needs the same fix as it also mentions eog as default app.
Why do you think it's an Ubuntu bug?
Well, I think the problem seems to be the default entry in that defaults.list file mentioned in one of the last comments in the launchpad bug. This file is from what I can see distro specific (it's not part of the standard d-f-u tarball), so I thought it is a "bug" in Ubuntu.
The bug was about the .desktop listing "image/x-psd", that has been fixed. I've uploaded a desktop-file-utils package update the defaults.list for Ubuntu