I'm not sure if this is a GNOME error, or a packaging error, so I'm filing here, feel free to move upstream if necessary. Basically, with GNOME 2.8, file-roller doesn't open files when I double click them, instead it produces an error: Couldn't display "/path/to/file.zip" There was an error launching the application. where /path/to/file.zip is the path to any zip file that I choose. It can also be a .tar.gz or a .tar.bz2 file. However, if I right-click on the file, and choose "Open with Other Application", and then type in file-roller and hit ENTER, the file will open as expected. Additionally, when I then right click on the file, I have two options. A "file-roller" up top, seperated by a bar from a "file-roller" below it. This top file-roller still doesn't work, however, if I click on the "file-roller" below it, the file will open. Double clicking still doesn't work. Finally, if I right click and go into properties -> open with and change the selection from the top "file-roller" to the "file-roller" below it, then everything works as expected by default (i.e. I can double click on a file, and it works). As I'm writing this, I just noticed one last thing. While still in the "Open With" menu, if I remove the second entry, and then remove the first "file-roller" entry, it changes to something called "Archive Manager". Things work with this "Archive Manager" entry as expected. This is with gnome-vfs 2.8.1, nautilus 2.8.0, and shared-mime-info 0.15. Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6. 8.1-ck8) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8.1-ck8 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU 1400MHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="no" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -msse" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/s hare/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -msse" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS=" ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo http://mirror.clarkson.e du/pub/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/ ftp:/ /mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr dga dvd encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif g nome gtk gtk2 hal imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline samba sdl s lang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xprint xv zlib" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
hmm, I have never had this issue/can't reproduce. Is it file roller that produces the error window, or is it just a general error window? Using the latest desktop-file-utils package?
artchive manager is the correct one to use. Have you been adding your own file handlers over time? I bet something old/non-default is interfering.
No traffic, and appears a local error. Reopen if still a problem.
