“Could Not Fine Mime Type Application/Octet-stream”
Every time I start KDE I get 6 of theses errors, once cleared and KDE
is up, I start Konqueror and get this error. While in Konqueror and move
the mouse pointer over a picture file name like a J-peg, I may get this
error… but not all J-pegs. Seems like it comes up a lot.
The error doesn’t stop the system or inhibit use of any apps, just a
big nuisance.
Sounds like you uninstalled some default applications, used to handle
common type files; or just your mime settings got scr***d up…
– http://stopsoftwarepatents.eu/ Even if free software were crap, it should still get our preference
over the non-free crap secreted by IT corporations.
-A free rephrasing of RMS-
> Sounds like you uninstalled some default applications, used to handle
> common type files; or just your mime settings got scr***d up.
Not so. I’ve seen this issue come and go since opensuse 10.0. It
appeared after some updates, and IIRC is related to some downloadable
files not being identified by the their network providers according to
the mime specification. An octet stream is just a file that your browser
or (mail/message) client can’t identify (the file extension doesn’t
count here).
To get rid of the error messages just create an application file type
called “octet-stream”. In KDE 3.5 you can do this with the file
associations module in the control center, under the category
“application”. There is no need to associate it to any program.
