🚀 go-pugleaf

On 10/04/10 18:08, Benji Z-Man wrote:
> On 10/04/10 16:14, Andy wrote:
>> Benji Z-Man wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/04/10 10:03, Andy wrote:
>>>> Benji Z-Man wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So I have this problem... (insert bar joke here)
>>>>>
>>>>> Now that's out of the way; I'm using Thunderbird Shredder 3.0.3 beta;
>>>>> this was an upgrade from TB2.0.4, on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.
>>>>>
>>>>> Turns out there's a newer version (3.0.4 stable), but I can't seem to
>>>>> install it. Fairly newb here for linux, so I'm used to .deb or
>>>>> apt-get,
>>>>> neither of which work for me so far on this, since Ubuntu seems to
>>>>> like
>>>>> updating their files as much as your average luddite...
>>>>
>>>> From the command line, Add the PPA:
>>>>
>>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa
>>>>
>>>> Then:
>>>>
>>>> sudo apt-get update
>>>>
>>>> Followed by
>>>>
>>>> sudo apt-get install thunderbird
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Voila, you should now be running Thunderbird 3 (a final, non-beta
>>>> version.)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Andy.
>>>
>>> Hmm. Ironically, I managed to get it updated as of today,
>>
>> Using my instructions above or using a different method like compiling
>> from source?
>
> Using similar instructions. I added the ppa into synaptic, and then did
> the apt-get update/install thunderird
>
> I then got TB 3.0.4 (final).
>
>>> but for one
>>> problem - turns out that it still doesn't have my broken associations =/
>>
>>> Anyone have a clue where to start with that? The mozilla usenet is kinda
>>> dead.
>>
>> You'll need to explain what 'broken associations' are, and why they'd be
>> a good thing to have.
>
> Associations = the different functions for using non-email content; such
> as HTML RSS feeds, .jpg images for downloads, etc.
>
> TB normally allows you to use it by going into Preferences ->
> Attachments, and then selecting the programs to use for each file type.
>
> Unfortunately, not only is the file type list blank, there's no options
> to add to it, and TB isn't doing as it's supposed to with unrecognised
> file types.
>
> Any clues where the attachment association might be? As in as a list or
> file that I can edit manually?

grepping my t/b user config, I find that it lives in pluginreg.dat with 
a host of other stuff (the only one I had was Adobe).
Try saving your whole config, and deleting pluginreg.dat before starting 
t/b and see if it is reconstructed.