fc5 firefox won't open pdf: Unhandled MIME type: 'application/octet-stream'

[Yuandan Zhang]

I have the same problem when I embed evince onto firefox using
mozillapluger. I found this is because evince snuffles file type according
to the filename extension, but web plugins get web contents in a temp file
without extension.

one working around is add xpdf as the first option at
/etc/mozpluggerrc
e.g.

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(Xpdf) fill: xpdf -g +9000+9000 "$file"
        repeat noisy swallow(evince) fill: evince "$file"
        ACROREAD()
        repeat noisy swallow(kpdf) fill: kpdf "$file"
        GV()



On 4/9/06, sean <seandarcy2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Since upgrading to fc5 firefox won't show pdf docs. I can
> save the doc and open it in acroread, evince, etc.
>
> When firefox tries to to show a pdf file I get an error window:
>
> Unable to open document
>
> Unhandled MIME type: 'application/octet-stream'
>
> I've messed with mozpluggerrc to use acroread, then I tried
> evince. Same problem.
>
> FWIW, x86_64.
>
> Any help appreciated
>
> sean
>
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