fc5 firefox won't open pdf: Unhandled MIME type: 'application/octet-stream'

[sean]

PHD wrote:
> 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
> 

Tried that.

If I click on a pdf doc, I get 3 choices:

Download It       Open PDF   Open as HTML

Download It is the same as right click-> Save Link As

Open as HTML is useful

But Open PDF doesn't work, which is what I want. It doesn't 
give an error message, but I assume it's the same problem

sean