Public bug reported: When opening a pdf from a Microsoft Help Attribute Definition File source, Firefox defaults to gedit instead of evince in FF 17.0.1, Ubuntu 12.10. This is a regression as previous versions had no such issue.
My preferences are OK; set to evince for pdf and nowhere does gedit appear in preferred application for any file type. It seems more complex than just a Firefox issue. I changed the profile to a virgin one and still have the issue. I have another partition on this laptop that opens evince properly as well as another older laptop using the same profile that also opens evince as the pdf viewer. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: firefox 17.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: chris 4305 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: chris 4305 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: chris 4305 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20121129151900 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Channel: Unavailable Date: Fri Dec 21 09:51:17 2012 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-03-23 (639 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) IpRoute: default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.2 metric 1 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.3 metric 9 MarkForUpload: True MostRecentCrashID: bp-a3834091-0b53-47f7-94eb-84ac92121122 PrefErrors: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 254: invalid continuation byte ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=17.0.1/20121129151900 (In use) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-17 (126 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 36CN19WW(V2.05) dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Guam dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr36CN19WW(V2.05):bd09/07/2010:svnLENOVO:pn4311:pvrIdeaPadZ565:rvnLENOVO:rnGuam:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: 4311 dmi.product.version: IdeaPad Z565 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1092919 Title: Firefox opens gedit instead of evince as helper Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When opening a pdf from a Microsoft Help Attribute Definition File source, Firefox defaults to gedit instead of evince in FF 17.0.1, Ubuntu 12.10. This is a regression as previous versions had no such issue. My preferences are OK; set to evince for pdf and nowhere does gedit appear in preferred application for any file type. It seems more complex than just a Firefox issue. I changed the profile to a virgin one and still have the issue. I have another partition on this laptop that opens evince properly as well as another older laptop using the same profile that also opens evince as the pdf viewer. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: firefox 17.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: chris 4305 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: chris 4305 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: chris 4305 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20121129151900 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Channel: Unavailable Date: Fri Dec 21 09:51:17 2012 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-03-23 (639 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) IpRoute: default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.2 metric 1 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.3 metric 9 MarkForUpload: True MostRecentCrashID: bp-a3834091-0b53-47f7-94eb-84ac92121122 PrefErrors: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 254: invalid continuation byte ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=17.0.1/20121129151900 (In use) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-17 (126 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 36CN19WW(V2.05) dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Guam dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr36CN19WW(V2.05):bd09/07/2010:svnLENOVO:pn4311:pvrIdeaPadZ565:rvnLENOVO:rnGuam:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: 4311 dmi.product.version: IdeaPad Z565 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1092919/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp