<div>On 6/13/06, Matthew Saltzman <<a href="mailto:mjs@ces.clemson.edu">mjs@ces.clemson.edu</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Paul Erickson wrote: I think I got the attributions right. > Hi Matthew, > > See below. > > Matthew Saltzman wrote: > >>> Paul Erickson wrote: >>>> When I click on a link to a .pdf file I get a "Unable to open document >>>> Unhandled MIME type: 'application/octet-stream'" >>> >> >> Does this happen for every PDF or just some? > > As far as I can tell, it happens to every pdf. > >> If you click Edit -> Preferences -> Downloads -> View Actions, is PDF >> listed? What does it say it will do in that case? >> > The only thing enabled is the "Open download manager" Did you see the View Actions button? I need to expand the window size before it shows up. (On the other hand, I don't have anything listed in that window.) > >> Do you have evince or Acrobat Reader plugin installed? Do you have >> mozplugger installed? Is this a 64-bit or 32-bit system? >> > No, Acrobat is not installed. Neither is mozplugger. This is a 32-bit system. Pretty strange. It looks like some of the bugs listed in the earlier post may be relevant, but I don't have any of those problems--PDFs open just fine. The only thing I have that I haven't seen mentioned is the Disable Targets for Downloads Firefox plugin.</blockquote><div> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I suppose you might try that. </blockquote><div> as a temperary solution try this, use xpdf, instead of evince application/pdf:pdf:PDF file application/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file text/pdf:pdf:PDF file text/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file ACROREAD() repeat noisy swallow(Xpdf) fill: xpdf -g +9000+9000 "$file" repeat noisy swallow(evince) fill: evince "$file" repeat noisy swallow(kpdf) fill: kpdf "$file" GV() </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu <a href="http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs">http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs</a> -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> </blockquote> </div>