[fixed (kinda-)] PCManFM lost file type associations after last update

Hi there,
I just updated my system and it happened something strange: PCManFM lost all the file associations. Result is, for whatever file i click, it asks me how to open the file.
If i right click a file, selecting "Open with … → Open with another program" the "Recommended Applications" tab is empty, on the "All Applications" tab i can select applications as i want, but i can't select, that i want to use this application always.
Folders work as expected, this only happens to files. But not to all files. I still can open text files as expected.
Shell output of PCManFM start, rightclick a jpeg file, open with Geeqie, close Geeqie, close PCManFM
dirk ~ $ pcmanfm
** (pcmanfm:4750): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name != NULL' failed
** (pcmanfm:4750): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name != NULL' failed
** (pcmanfm:4750): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_name: assertion `name != NULL' failed
dirk ~ $
The CRITICAL stuff appears right after starting PCManFM.
Last updates (maybe there was an PCManFM update or other update the day before, but i noticed the failure today after updating one of my machines and made a list of updated files before i updated another machine of mine)
cat updated
consolekit 0.3.1-1
fontcacheproto 0.1.2-2
gtk2 2.18.2-1
kbproto 1.0.3-2
pango 1.26.0-1
perl 5.10.1-3
poppler 0.12.0-1
pygtk 2.16.0-1
randrproto 1.3.0-1
shared-mime-info 0.60-1
tzdata 2009n-1
xf86miscproto 0.9.2-2
xulrunner 1.9.1.3-1
PCManFM version is 0.5.1-2, i'm starting X via inittab and my wm from xinitrc
$ cat /etc/inittab
id:5:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
x:5:once:/bin/su dirk -l -c "/bin/bash -l -c startx"
$ cat /home/dirk/.xinitrc
exec ck-launch-session wmii
This happens to i686 and x86_64 systems. xdg-utils is not installed on one system but installed to the other systems, but it makes no difference.
Any hints?
Kind regards,
Dirk
Last edited by Dirk Sohler (2009-10-22 11:14:50)

rusty99 wrote:This might help http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 15#p640615
Oh yes, it did
Btw. i HATE downgrading!

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