Acroread Problem

[Clint]

Clint wrote:
> I'm having a problem with Acroread. I installed it following the 
> instructions found at artoo, and it has worked without any problems 
> until recently. I'm suspecting some update I've run is interfering with 
> it now. When I browse with Mozilla 1.6 to a pdf file online, Acroread 
> stops with the pop-up error message:
> 
> "There was an error opening this document. No such file or directory."
> 
> A blank Acroread application window is open in the bottom right-hand 
> corner of the browser.
> 
> I have checked that there is indeed a pdf file at the location, by using 
> wget. Then I can easily open it using either xpdf or Acroread locally. 
> So the problem seems to be with Mozilla and Acroread.
> 
> Is anyone experiencing similar symptoms?
> 
> If this is unresolvable, how I can I tell Mozilla to use xpdf as the 
> default pdf viewer?
> 
> Thanks,
> Clint

Just to follow-up on this posting: Acroread and Konqueror play together 
well. For example, when I open this location in Konqueror, Acroread 
properly opens and displays the .pdf file:

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runux4/chapter/ch15.pdf

The same action in Mozilla 1.6 pops open the previously mentioned error box.

However, if I save the file locally, Acroread has no trouble displaying 
the file's contents. This leads me to believe there is something fishy 
with the plug-in for Mozilla.

Any thoughts?

In the event, that I can't get this figured out, I'd still like to learn 
how to get Mozilla to use xpdf as the default .pdf viewer.

Thanks,
Clint
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Clint <clint at penguinsolutions.org>