On Tue, May 13, 2008, Anne Wilson wrote: >After a two-week holiday I've just updated my server. I have a message from >kcontrol - "Could not find mime type application/octet-stream". A .png >thumbnail on the desktop isn't displaying, but apart from that I don't have >much of a clue what has happened. Nothing seems to appear in messages. Any >help, please? Application/octet-stream is a generic MIME type, and does not associate with any particular program. Most of these I get are attachments from broken Mail programs. Save it to disk and open with the graphics program of your choice, xv, gimp, etc. Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will go to the stars... -Dr. Isaac Asimov