Description of problem: Evince does not open PostScript or PDF files if they do not have a .ps or .pdf suffix. In particular, such files downloaded from the web cannot be opened automatically (some websites, for example, arxiv.org, distribute PS and PDF files with no suffix). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.5.1-3 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Remove file-type suffix from name of PS/PDF file 2. Attempt to open file with evince. Actual results: For PostScript files, an error box pops up containing: Unable to open document Unhandled MIME type: 'text/plain' A similar thing happens for PDF files, except the supposed MIME type is 'application/octet-stream'. Expected results: File should be opened as normal. Additional info: The obvious work-around is to change the file name by hand. This is particularly annoying if the file is being downloaded from a website; you have to save it to disk, change the name and then start evince manually.
Agreed. Not only do I get bitten by this bug all the time, I generally have to resort to removing the mozplugger package to actually get firefox to prompt me to save the document to a file. (Hopefully evince's amazing brittleness will improve over time. When it actually works, it's superb.)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 193582 ***