This may be solved by upgrading to a newer version of Firefox because I tried to recreate your bug and was not able. I have Firefox 19 though so you may want to just upgrade and it will choose libraoffice. --- Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
-- 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/977195 Title: Firefox tries to open Microsoft Office .doc files with gedit even though it should try to open them with LibreOffice Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: As the summary says, only gedit is an option from the open menu. I have to manually type "/usr/bin/libreoffice" to the "Other..." option to actually open the file. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox 11.0+build1-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 BuildID: 20120403131243 Channel: release Date: Mon Apr 9 15:03:27 2012 ForcedLayersAccel: False InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=11.0/20120403131243 (Running) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-09 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/07/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 8DET50WW (1.20 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 4290W4H dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET50WW(1.20):bd07/07/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4290W4H:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4290W4H:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 4290W4H dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/977195/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
