KFIND problem - HELP

[Thies Eggers]

Hi John!

have you tried adding this mime type to your KDE Control Centre? I had 
the same problem once (after installing OpenOffice) and it got solved 
with adding a new mime type under applications called "octet-stream". 
You don't have to add any file ending there and no program association 
either.

BR, Thies

John wrote:
> I'm not at all sure what caused this but every time I launch anything I get a 
> few KFIND sorry boxes come up that say "Could not find mime type
> application/octet-stream" Every thing seems to function correctly after I 
> click ok but if I do a file search I get a few of these for every file 
> checked. This locks my machine up. I have to hit reset and some still come up 
> after that (about 13 initially). The desktop is also corrupt but a few clicks 
> correct that.
> Only clue I have is that this started after an XMMS problem. This hasn't 
> worked correctly since I installed Suse 9 (up to date). It would not play 
> anything or close down correctly- the graphics stay on the desktop and 
> taskbar and will not go until I reboot. I have altered KDE to use Kaboodle by 
> default (Using Move Up). This does work but I get the same error message each 
> time I start it or anything else. 
> Help - I don't fancy a complete re install.
> I also have a problem with downloads on some sites. rpm's and tars don't give 
> a save option. 'Copy to' does work though.
> 
> Many Thanks (I hope!)
>            John Woodhouse
> 
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