This is a problem caused by the interaction of xulrunner and Gnome VFS. Using the test files in Savvas' thread in the forums (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5369513) a *successful* handling of the PDF file looks like this:
nsMIMEInfoUnix::GetHasDefaultHandler() Using vfs return NS_OK nsMIMEInfoUnix::GetHasDefaultHandler() Using vfs return NS_OK nsMIMEInfoBase::LaunchWithFile() mPreferredAction=4 mPreferredAction==useSystemDefault calling LaunchDefaultWithFile() nsMIMEInfoUnix::LaunchDefaultWithFile() nativePath=/tmp/test5-5.pdf Using vfs vfs->GetAppForMimeType()=1 app->Launch() Whereas trying either of the text files (with or without spaces in names) gives this: nsMIMEInfoUnix::GetHasDefaultHandler() Using vfs fallback to nsMIMEInfoImpl::GetHasDefaultHandler() nsMIMEInfoBase::LaunchWithFile() mPreferredAction=4 mPreferredAction==useSystemDefault calling LaunchDefaultWithFile() nsMIMEInfoUnix::LaunchDefaultWithFile() nativePath=/tmp/test4 with space-4.txt Using vfs vfs->GetAppForMimeType()=1 mDefaultApplication=0 !mDefaultApplication NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND ... and... nsMIMEInfoUnix::GetHasDefaultHandler() Using vfs fallback to nsMIMEInfoImpl::GetHasDefaultHandler() nsMIMEInfoBase::LaunchWithFile() mPreferredAction=4 mPreferredAction==useSystemDefault calling LaunchDefaultWithFile() nsMIMEInfoUnix::LaunchDefaultWithFile() nativePath=/tmp/test3nospace-1.txt Using vfs vfs->GetAppForMimeType()=1 mDefaultApplication=0 !mDefaultApplication NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND -- firefox - the associated helper application does not exist https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239952 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to epiphany-browser in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
