From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mbyzz-00053Y-8T for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:47:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1346EE0652; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:47:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f177.google.com (mail-yx0-f177.google.com [209.85.210.177]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E82E0E0652 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:47:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe7 with SMTP id 7so1915278yxe.32 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:47:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=NyqDOYTWbvvXbhS2QUn4lDqvMtovgmlZgeAjj8hMqGE=; b=PbV0LE3j/rjlHizKuSkE4QH2wancZX7rJb0U2/4cNtF2REfocIshyA5c4uPdb3Q1RG ZnxWBZLpheuZSR57X1Qo4vUSgJkFprjZhIJhI8UF8L5k6j/pxasd6A/wp1tzh4idXEf+ 6Io90P6t/4m1y8bFMSc3XXyLEDXx/znHim3A4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=rdx1Ock0dSU1Te1ql8Iw1G9a6e+IaEyG3nDC5jgFPwmFMDTo2iwS6hHJ2xTGmPz7Hg 7wn0Oa0o6eXqnk8ePUW4W9DEPoCvnWkFpoCBCxkGBPvgJXrWfDAzKXsboSdfaR1PmAGU VXf+zeoikGVCcdTz2Z2vMZFPxhSNUpzU1/Qh8= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.219.13 with SMTP id r13mr2752373ybg.171.1250264841631; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:47:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A85540F.60307@gmail.com> References: <4A85540F.60307@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:47:21 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 757d3ba22dfe8b0f Message-ID: <58965d8a0908140847j6a9e07ebs8175f742bf40bfd6@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What Gives - Anyone know? From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 172d03fc-f5da-4669-8656-0cdf7185915f X-Archives-Hash: 747645b551902015660af463c1a8e923 On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:09 AM, CJoeB wrote: > Hi, > > For the last little while (not sure when it started), Firefox will not > load .pdf files (also files with a .aspx extention) - it downloads them > and won't even display them if I try opening the pdf after download. I > have nppdf.so as a plugin. Opera displays these files just fine - I > have Opera installed as a backup when Firefox is giving me grief, but I > don't really like the browser interface. Guess I'm old school and stick > with what I am used to - I've always used Netscape, then Mozilla and > now, Firefox. Anyone else have the same issue and know what's going on > and if there is a solution? I think you need to give us some details. What architecture? 32-bit/64-bit? What version of Firefox? What package owns nppdf.so and what version is that package? How are your MIME type handlers set up in Firefox for PDF files? etc. I use Okular for viewing PDF on ~amd64 and can view files downloaded with Firefox just fine.