fc5 firefox won't open pdf: Unhandled MIME type: 'application/octet-stream'
sean
seandarcy2 at gmail.com
Sun Apr 9 12:06:59 UTC 2006
antonio montagnani wrote:
> 2006/4/9, PHD <phd2 at fcomfrench.com>:
>
>>On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 23:43 -0400, sean wrote:
>>
>>>Since upgrading to fc5 firefox won't show pdf docs. I can
>>>save the doc and open it in acroread, evince, etc.
>>>
>>>When firefox tries to to show a pdf file I get an error window:
>>>
>>>Unable to open document
>>>
>>>Unhandled MIME type: 'application/octet-stream'
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Maybe you can try Firefox extension PDF Download , which helps a lot,
>>
>>Philippe
>>
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>
> Have you got nppdf plugin installed??
>
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> Antonio Montagnani
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>
I should have been clearer. I'm using amd64, firefox.x86_64.
I do have:
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so ->
/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so
But nppdf.so is from acroread.i386. I don't think an i386
plugin will work with firefox.x86-64. That's why I'm using
mozplugger.
sean
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