Description of problem: Using fc5 rawhide on amd64, firefox won't open pdf's except with kpdf Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): firefox-1.5.0.3-2 mozplugger-1.7.3-3 evince-0.5.3-1 xpdf-3.01-12.1 kdegraphics-3.5.2-0.1.fc5 Additional info: With default mozpluggerrc, ACROREAD is used to open pdf's on firefox. When you try this you just get a blank browser page no acroread, no pages- probably because this is firefox.x86_64 and acroread is i386. edit mozpluggerc to make evince the default, and open a pdf. Here evince does start and appear within the browser, but no pages appear. if kpdf is the default it works. xpdf and GV() both load but give _very_ messed pages - not just unreadable. And if I comment out all the pdf portion of mozpluggerrc: # application/pdf:pdf:PDF file # application/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file # text/pdf:pdf:PDF file # text/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file # repeat noisy swallow(kpdf) fill: kpdf "$file" # repeat noisy swallow(evince) fill: evince "$file" # repeat noisy swallow(Xpdf) fill: xpdf -g +9000+9000 "$file" # GV() # ACROREAD() I get a mozplugger error message: "No appropriate application found" I realize this is a lot like bug 182234 which was closed as NOTABUG, but at least as shipped mozplugger doesn't work with pdf's. What's more there seems no way to open a pdf file externally.
Based on the date this bug was created, it appears to have been reported against rawhide during the development of a Fedora release that is no longer maintained. In order to refocus our efforts as a project we are flagging all of the open bugs for releases which are no longer maintained. If this bug remains in NEEDINFO thirty (30) days from now, we will automatically close it. If you can reproduce this bug in a maintained Fedora version (7, 8, or rawhide), please change this bug to the respective version and change the status to ASSIGNED. (If you're unable to change the bug's version or status, add a comment to the bug and someone will change it for you.) Thanks for your help, and we apologize again that we haven't handled these issues to this point. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp We will be following the process here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping to ensure this doesn't happen again.
This bug has been in NEEDINFO for more than 30 days since feedback was first requested. As a result we are closing it. If you can reproduce this bug in the future against a maintained Fedora version please feel free to reopen it against that version. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp