Thunar takes over Dolphin (SOLVED)

[MikeTbob]

I'm using Gentoo and KDE 4.2.3 and I also have Xfce4 installed. My problem is, when I'm using KDE and I try opening anything with Dolphin file manager, Thunar opens instead. This happens even if I insert a Data DVD and select open with Dolphin. I know I did not set this to happen, so I really don't know why it's doing it or how to change it. Anyone else had this problem?

[saivin]

Hi Mike,
Did you install Xfce after KDE? Is it possible that during such install the default application for file management changed to Thunar from Dolphin?

[MikeTbob]

Yes, that is what happened apparently, I have found a few links that point to very similar problems, such as Thunar taking over Nautilus, but I haven't found the answer that works for me.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunar/+bug/35997
This is an old bug, but if you see the comments, users are still having problems with it in 2009. I tried a couple of the suggestions in the comments sections and it hasn't changed anything yet. I'll keep looking because this is really annoying for me. Thanks.

[oz]

Hi, Mike

Sorry I don't have a fix to offer up, but it's things like this is why I've never liked to mix desktop enviroments on the same system. It seems like each DE wants to be in control of the system, and sometimes the weirdness can be really hard to track down, or it might not even show up for weeks, or months down the road.

Hope you are able to find a simple solution.

[MikeTbob]

Hiya ozar and Thanks.
I did manage to find a setting within KDE4 system-settings>Default Applications>File Manager. It was set to "Open folders with Thunar", I can change that to Nautilus but not Dolphin....strange, you'd think it would have Dolphin listed as a file manager.

[MikeTbob]

A bump for hope.
*crosses fingers*

[MikeTbob]

Ok, this has been solved. Apparently Dolphin was never installed to begin with. I installed Konqueror and that worked as a file manager, so I just got curious and tried to launch Dolphin from the command line:

Dolphin: command not found

So I just installed Dolphin

emerge -1 kde-base/dolphin:4.2

I was under the impression that Dolphin was an integral part of KDE and would be included in the base install of KDE.