[CentOS] CentOS 5.2 - Nautilus - file types are not associated with an action and icons are not displayed

[MHR]

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Vaclav Mocek <little.owl at email.cz> wrote:
>
> I use CentOS 5.2 as a desktop and the Gnome Nautilus doesn't display icons
> related to the file types and all associated actions ("open with") are lost.
> It is so bad, that the desktop shortcuts are displayed as ordinary files
> "Filesystem.desktop" or "openoffice.org-1.9-calc.desktop", and when I click
> on them, the Nautilus wants to know what it should do with these files.
>
> The problem emerged after I installed the  new kernel (2.6.18-92.1.10.el5)
> and  uninstalled packages "joystick", "slrn" and "planner".  All user
> accounts have the same problem, when I run the Nautilus as root (sudo
> nautilus), it works fine => probably some access restrictions.
>
> I run the Nautilus with strace, but the output is too messy to provide some
> sensible information. Any hint what to do is welcomed.
>

Check the permissions on all files and directories in anything under
/usr that has "gnome" in it.  Chances are something is screwed up
there.

Also, double check your root's umask - it should be 2 (and NOT 22 or
27 or 77) while you're installing.

I ran into something like this a while back when I changed the root
umask to something other than 2, and it really screwed up all my
settings until I changed the permissions and umask back.

HTH

mhr