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Bug 338297 - Cannot open pdf files while in Firefox (embedded pdf viewing)
Cannot open pdf files while in Firefox (embedded pdf viewing)
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 336448
Product: evince
Classification: Core
Component: general
0.5.x
Other All
: Normal major
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Assigned To: Evince Maintainers
Evince Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-04-13 04:27 UTC by cruiseoveride
Modified: 2006-04-13 04:48 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14


Description cruiseoveride 2006-04-13 04:27:34 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
Evince cannot open any pdf file while running in Firefox.
When opening a pdf file from a website, the embedded evince viewer open, but
immediately display the following error...

Unable to open document
Unhandled MIME type: 'application/octet-stream'

But if i go to the file menu and choose "Open File" and select a file, then the
embedded evince viewer is able to open the file.
Only while directly opening from a web page i recieve the error

Steps to reproduce:
1. Start firefox
2. Click on url target pointing to .pdf file
3. BANG , Error message is displayed


Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
 rpm -q evince firefox
evince-0.5.1-3
firefox-1.5.0.1-9
 cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux)
Comment 1 Nickolay V. Shmyrev 2006-04-13 04:48:01 UTC 
Thanks for reporting, this bug should be fixed in cvs HEAD, please wait for newer version or build evince from cvs.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 336448 ***