diff -urN aa/gnome-vfs-2.9.90/libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-mime-info.c gnome-vfs-2.9.90/libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-mime-info.c
--- aa/gnome-vfs-2.9.90/libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-mime-info.c	2004-12-14 16:30:29.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-vfs-2.9.90/libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-mime-info.c	2005-02-06 22:33:14.677240592 +0100
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 
 	xdg_data_dirs = g_getenv ("XDG_DATA_DIRS");
 	if (!xdg_data_dirs) {
-		xdg_data_dirs = "/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/";
+		xdg_data_dirs = "/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/gnome/:/usr/share/";
 	}
 	
 	split_data_dirs = g_strsplit (xdg_data_dirs, ":", 0);
diff -urN aa/gnome-vfs-2.9.90/libgnomevfs/xdgmime.c gnome-vfs-2.9.90/libgnomevfs/xdgmime.c
--- aa/gnome-vfs-2.9.90/libgnomevfs/xdgmime.c	2004-12-14 16:30:30.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-vfs-2.9.90/libgnomevfs/xdgmime.c	2005-02-06 22:33:25.327621488 +0100
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 
   xdg_data_dirs = getenv ("XDG_DATA_DIRS");
   if (xdg_data_dirs == NULL)
-    xdg_data_dirs = "/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/";
+    xdg_data_dirs = "/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/gnome/:/usr/share/";
 
   ptr = xdg_data_dirs;