Bug 715085

Summary: nautilus does not remember default application to open files with
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Gavin Simpson <ucfagls>
Component: nautilusAssignee: Tomáš Bžatek <tbzatek>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: aadamjee, ccecchi, tbzatek, tsmetana, ucfagls
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Description Gavin Simpson 2011-06-21 20:04:51 UTC
Description of problem:

gedit is the current default on my F15 system for opening text files. If I change this to be Emacs, the change only persists for the current session. Upon reboot, gedit is back to being the default file associated with my text files.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

brasero-nautilus.x86_64            3.0.0-2.fc15                  @anaconda-InstallationRepo-201105131943.x86_64
evince-nautilus.x86_64             3.0.0-1.fc15                  @anaconda-InstallationRepo-201105131943.x86_64
file-roller-nautilus.x86_64        3.0.2-1.fc15                  @updates       
gnome-disk-utility-nautilus.x86_64 3.0.0-2.fc15                  @anaconda-InstallationRepo-201105131943.x86_64
nautilus.x86_64                    3.0.2-1.fc15                  @updates       
nautilus-extensions.x86_64         3.0.2-1.fc15                  @updates       
nautilus-open-terminal.x86_64      0.19-1.fc15                   @fedora        
nautilus-sendto.x86_64             1:3.0.0-1.fc15                @anaconda-InstallationRepo-201105131943.x86_64
totem-nautilus.x86_64              1:3.0.1-2.fc15                @anaconda-InstallationRepo-201105131943.x86_64

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. In nautilus, right click on a file and select properties
2. Select the open with tab
3. Select Emacs (or another text editor) from the list of Recommended Applications
4. Click Set as default
5. Verify that Emacs is now the default
6. Reboot
7. Login to gnome-shell
8. Open nautilus
9. Double click on the file you altered the properties of earlier
  
Actual results:
The previous, old, default application opens the file

Expected results:
The application set as the new default should open the file. That is Emacs in the above example.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Atiq Adamjee 2011-07-07 17:28:55 UTC
I have noticed the same issue with setting the default browser. When I set Chrome as the default browser, it stays that way but once I restart the system, it goes back to being Firefox.

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