--- Bill Warner <wwarner42@cox.net> wrote:

> In an attempt to be helpful, I'm going to make some
> assumptions.  I
> think you're trying to open image files with the
> gimp but they are
> opening with Konqueror in stead and the hard drive
> partitions mentioned
> is actually either filesystem or image files you are
> trying to open.
> 
> Konqueror, it sounds to me, is opening your images
> in a preview mode,
> and gimp is not in the options.
> 

No, gimp opens images just fine, and somehow tries to
open files also.

> I'm not a KDE user so I can only give you a hint on
> what to look for,
> File Associations and MIME types.  somewhere in the
> KDE configuration,
> Image files are associated with a preview
> application in Konqueror.
> You'll need to locate this and change it to the
> gimp.
> 
> 
> As far as having to be root to launch konqueror I
> really don't
> understand what you are trying to do there at all.
> 

That is the only way I have found to open any file so
far since this craziness started a few days ago.

> Hope this at least gives you some help in finding
> out what your issues
> are.
> 
> On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 09:31 -0700, Bill Warner
> wrote:
> > hmm, I don't think I understand what you are
> trying to do?
> > 
> > On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 08:18 -0800, ec wrote:
> > > I am still having problems with the gimp opening
> up
> > > hard drive partitions instead of Konqueror.
> > 
> > Gimp - image editor
> > Konqueror - file system browser
> > hard drive partitions - raw device
> > Not sure what you're trying to do with these three
> different things?
> > 
> -- 
> Bill Warner <wwarner42@cox.net>
> 
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