There are two places to look (if this idea works for you at all); they go together. You should have a mime.convs file, typically in /etc/cups. Toward the end of that file is the line application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 - Comment this line out. It's typically commented out until you add a cups printer under specific conditions (typically related to setting up a printer under Samba). In the same location as the above file should be the file mime.types. Toward the end of this file is the line application/octet-stream Comment out this line, as well. Hope this helps. Unfortunately, I'm pretty new, too, so that exhausts my ideas. Eric Hines At 12/26/05 12:52, Daniel Sheppeard wrote:

I keep getting alerts with the following message:

Could not find mime type application/octet-stream

when starting Konquerer, when logging in, or when starting Kaffeine, but only as one particular user.

The only changes I've made recently was trying to create a file assocation for Scribus save files. After dissatisfaction with my attempts, I deleted the new assocation. As far as I can remember I haven't made any changes to my configurations other than that.

It's aggravating and is seriously impairing system performance.

Any helpful ideas for a relative newbie?

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