can't set Okular as helper pdf app in Firefox

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On 02/06/10 14:42, users-request at lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
> Subject:
> can't set Okular as helper pdf app in Firefox
> From:
> Claude Jones <cjoneslists at tehogeeservices.com>
> Date:
> Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:42:12 -0400
>
> To:
> Community support for Fedora users <users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
>
>
> This is Fedora 13 with the KDE desktop and all the latest updates:
>
> When I click on a pdf link in Firefox, I get a message saying the helper
> application doesn't exist and to change that in preferences. In Firefox
> preferences in the Applications tab, the helper app is set to Okular. If I
> download a pdf, as opposed to clicking on the link, and then right-click and
> select open with Okular, it works fine.
>
> In KDE settings, the file association for pdf's is also set to Okular
>
> Is there another place this has to be set??
>    
Hi Claude,

I had this (or something pretty close to it a while back..... the 
assembled wisdom of the list put the problem down to the sender program  
not specifying the file type correctly.  Sadly, it's something we have 
to live with.

HTH,

Dave
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