[SOLVED (Thx)] "text.txt" opens after a choice only

[mintuxEn]

Hi

I'm a new comer on your forum. I've been using Ubuntu for years but as I do not like the new Gnome-shell, I turned to Mint which has a very good reputation and I agree, very simple and easy to use, then I dropped Ubuntu.

Nevertheless, unlike Ubuntu, I cannot open a ".txt" directly, I must first choose one out of two options.
I found a workaround on the net by adding ",locale=,noexec" in fstab.
Here is my fstab regarding this point
UUID=6742347D3E5C93C2 /media/Data-perso ntfs defaults,uid=gerard,gid=gerard,utf8,windows_names,locale=,noexec 0 0

It works fine, except on mobile volumes as USB key
any idea to solve the problem?
I just wonder why this issue does not exist on Ubuntu!!

Thx for yours answers, ideas ...
Have a nice day

following your recommendations, here are some infos about my PC and S/W

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  $ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-45-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7 wm: muffin 4.6.3 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: K73SV v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: K73SV v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: K73SV.205 date: 04/01/2011 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 55.7 Wh condition: 56.5/57.2 Wh (99%) volts: 12.4/11.1 
  model: ASUSTek K72--52 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Unknown 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-2410M bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 18358 
  Speed: 798 MHz min/max: 800/2900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 798 2: 798 
  3: 798 4: 798 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics 
  vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0116 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF108M [GeForce GT 540M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia 
  v: 390.138 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0df4 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting,nvidia 
  unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1600x900~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GT 540M/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.138 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio 
  vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  chip ID: 8086:1c20 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-45-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Ralink RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe vendor: AzureWave 
  driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 1814:5390 
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: atl1c v: 1.0.1.1-NAPI port: a000 bus ID: 04:00.0 
  chip ID: 1969:1083 
  IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 819.74 GiB used: 61.60 GiB (7.5%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT240BX500SSD1 size: 223.57 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: R013 scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Hitachi model: HTS547564A9E384 size: 596.17 GiB 
  speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: A60A scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 28.71 GiB used: 11.92 GiB (41.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0

[AZgl1800]

mouse over your text.TXT file

right click
choose Properties, select an app you want to open for it, then click make Default.

[mintuxEn]

Hi AZgl1500
Thx for your reply

actually this is not possible as you can see down below.
If you don't understand French

"Editeur de texte" = "Text Editor"
"Définir par défaut" = "Set as default", but it is grey --> not accessible



your proposal = 2 clicks
right click on "text.txt" > open with
left click > text editor

my way of doing also 2 clicks
left click on "text.txt" the following window opens
left click on "Afficher" = "Display"

[AZgl1800]

I think you need to a Chown, and it should be accessible


Repair the ownership issues in your home with the command

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sudo chown -Rc $USER:$USER $HOME

as for French, I apologize for not being literate in languages other than my native English, which has been mutilated with local slang.

[all41]

Just a thought-
I was having problems with some .txt files not opening with normal left-click--no response, but could right-click and choose
open with text editor and could read them fine--only happened with .txt extensions, everything else was fine.
It turned out the .txt files were marked as executable, and i have no clue as to how this happened.
After removing the executable flag the files opened normally.
Right-click and look in permissions to see if the executable box is checked, if so uncheck the box and try again.
Cheers

[MrEen]

It turned out the .txt files were marked as executable, and i have no clue as to how this happened.

I think I've read that this often happens when copying files from an NTFS partition. Might that be where your .txt files originated?

[Pierre]

after clicking on that *.txt file, and then selecting to 'open with text editor'.
and then on 'Open with other application',
- there may also be an option, to "Remember this application for 'plain text document' files".

[all41]

It turned out the .txt files were marked as executable, and i have no clue as to how this happened.

I think I've read that this often happens when copying files from an NTFS partition. Might that be where your .txt files originated?

Now you have me curious. As I recall they were old files on an ext usb hdd. I probably still have them and will scan thru
some to see if I can remember which files exactly. Perhaps there are others that will lend a clue.
I remember wondering if possibly due to applying permissions to enclosed files such as:

Edit: Yes that 3TB ext hdd is formatted to ntfs and there is a good possibility the files are stored there somewhere, or perhaps
originated there. It's been a few months

[MrEen]

I don't remember the details, but someone had all the text files they had copied over from such a drive marked as executable. I'll see if I can find the thread.

[all41]

The plot thickens.
mintuxEn said

I cannot open a ".txt" directly, I must first choose one out of two options

This sure sounds like trying to run an executable, especially in MATE when Caja Preferences/Behaviour/Executable Text Files default setting is 'Ask each time'

[MrEen]

Couldn't find the specific thread I was thinking of, but did find this: https://superuser.com/questions/512393/ ... -partition

Looks like the way the drive is mounted is what caused it.

[all41]

Yes--found the files. They are in my poetry collection and are still executable there as well as every file I have looked at,
photos, videos, music, even pdf's which open normally.

So that explains it. Thanks for removing that lingering question mark. That drive contains backup files of old archives that are also present on ext4 partitions that I access regularly. I had even forgotten that it was ntfs.

[MrEen]

So I think we've somewhat solved what's going on here.

Just need someone more knowledgeable on mount options to suggest what mintuxEn should change, if anything. I don't blindly trust an 8 year old thread myself.

[smurphos]

Nevertheless, unlike Ubuntu, I cannot open a ".txt" directly, I must first choose one out of two options.

Nemo > Edit > Preferences > Behaviour > Check View Executable text Files when they are opened.

[mintuxEn]

I think you need to a Chown, and it should be accessible
Repair the ownership issues in your home with the command

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sudo chown -Rc $USER:$USER $HOME

HI AZgl1500
Thx for your reply

1st trial : something missing after ":"

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 gerard@Asus-GG-ray:~$ sudo chown -Rc $gerard:$gerard $home
[sudo] Mot de passe de gerard :          
chown: opérande manquant après «:» 

I went to chown --help

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 chown [OPTION]... [OWNER][:GROUP] FILE... 

I've tried the following : home swithes from root to owner (gerard)

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  gerard@Asus-GG-ray:~$ sudo chown -Rc gerard:gerard /home
appartenance de '/home' modifiée de root:root en gerard:gerard

Not sure it's exactly what you expected, but actually no change, sorry

[mintuxEn]

... It turned out the .txt files were marked as executable ...
Right-click and look in permissions to see if the executable box is checked, if so uncheck the box and try again.

HI and Thx for your reply all41
Got the same thing, but executable cannot be unchecked!!!!

[mintuxEn]

I think I've read that this often happens when copying files from an NTFS partition. Might that be where your .txt files originated?

Yes exactly my personal files are on a separate NTFS partition in order to allow W10 reading them

[mintuxEn]

after clicking on that *.txt file, and then selecting to 'open with text editor'.
and then on 'Open with other application',
- there may also be an option, to "Remember this application for 'plain text document' files".

Hello, Thx
Yes I thought of that, but the button "select as default option" is in grey, not clickable

[lsemmens]

Could you possibly try setting the default to writer and then try setting it back to text editor again?

[mintuxEn]

Nemo > Edit > Preferences > Behaviour > Check View Executable text Files when they are opened.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS smurphos you got it, it works as expected now.
Thank you so much !

I'd like also to thank all the other participants who did their best to help me, I'm very grateful for that.
this forum, on which I come for the 1st time, is very effective, that's Linux, a great supporting family !!
I'll put solved ASAP
Have a nice day