Bug#510519: evince: Reports "Unknown MIME Type" when a file doesn't actually exist

Emilio Pozuelo Monfort pochu at ubuntu.com
Sat Jan 3 00:24:15 UTC 2009


found 510519 2.24.1-1
forwarded 510519 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=566380
thanks

Will Thompson wrote:
> If I run 'evince /file/does/not/exist', I get an empty Evince window
> with a yellow error bar at the top, telling me:
> 
>     Unable to open document
> 
>     Unknown MIME Type
> 
> This isn't a particularly useful error message. :-) I met it when I
> deleted the wrong file while opening the others on my desktop. It should
> at least mention the name of the file.

And that it doesn't exist :-)

It happens with evince 2.24.1-1 from experimental too.

I've forwarded the report to the GNOME bugzilla:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=566380

Cheers,
Emilio






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