Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What Gives - Anyone know?
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:36:15
Message-Id: 200908141434.49781.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] What Gives - Anyone know? by CJoeB
1 On Friday 14 August 2009 14:09:51 CJoeB wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > For the last little while (not sure when it started), Firefox will not
5 > load .pdf files (also files with a .aspx extention) - it downloads them
6 > and won't even display them if I try opening the pdf after download. I
7 > have nppdf.so as a plugin. Opera displays these files just fine - I
8 > have Opera installed as a backup when Firefox is giving me grief, but I
9 > don't really like the browser interface. Guess I'm old school and stick
10 > with what I am used to - I've always used Netscape, then Mozilla and
11 > now, Firefox. Anyone else have the same issue and know what's going on
12 > and if there is a solution?
13
14 Did you install a pdf or download plugin? These often come with default
15 settings to save the file to disk instead of view it in the browser.
16
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18 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com