k3b not working

[domulus]

Hi !

I installed through aptitude K3b; when I start it however, I got the error messages "mal formatted URL file:///home/domulus"
and "could not find mime type application/octet-stream"
The program then starts, but I can´t access any files, the file-browser just doesn´t show anything.

Where do I need to start looking in order to fix that ???
I started googling, but all hits bring back stuff they have only to do with either keyword (k3b OR url OR octet-stream OR mime type).
I think it is actually two problems which have nothing to do with each other, so I also searched for only one of the keywords at a time, but then the result-array gets to vast.

How do I narrow it down ?

Or does anybody know right away how to fix it ...??

Thanks,

[devils casper]

are you using KDE? if yes, press Alt+F2 and type kcontrol.
KDE Components -- File Associations. select applications and click on ADD button. type octet-stream.

[domulus]

would have been a useful info, yes.... no, I´m running Gnome. But now that you say it, I´ll change back. I used KDE before.

I tried to associate octet-string with K3b under Gnome, no luck however... didn´t find it.

Hope it´s easier to find in KDE.

[oz]

Some burners that work pretty well in Gnome are:

nautilus-cd-burner
brasero
gnomebaker
graveman

...but not necessarily in that order.

[domulus]

..... or I just use some other software, why not...
keeps at least my disk empty for the time being, until I get that k3b prob fixed.

thanks for the alternative !

[devils casper]

how did you install k3b?

[domulus]

I use aptitude..... most of the times. Rarely just apt-get; but k3b - that was with aptitude.