Actually Ffx (per #5) can download PDFs here, it just can't open them in anything other than its own preview. But it won't download and save files. If I set Prefs > Apps > PDF to Always Ask - it doesn't, and the download history just says 'Failed'. Same if I set it to open in Okular or Adobe Reader. But 'Preview in Firefox' does work OK. Unfortunately Firefox's poor printing doesn't work well enough for the shipping labels so we needed to open them in Okular first and print from there. This machine also fails to load PDFs from local files and open them in anything other than Firefox Preview - again it shows them under downloads as 'Failed - local file'.
One difference between the 1404LTS machines where PDFs can be opened in other apps (see #5) and the machine where they can't, are the Prefs > Applications options for PDFs:- PCs where app options work OK list 3 options for PDFs, including 'PDF document (application/x-download) - the relevant one here. PC where app options don't work (only Preview in Firefox) only offers: 'Portable Document Format (PDF)'. I tried deleting the mimeTypes.rdf file so it got recreated, and copying it from a machine that works, but neither helped. -- 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/1527884 Title: Firefox 43.0: Downloads fail Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: My firefox just got updated to 43.0. Starting with the update, all downloads fail. There is no file selection dialogue any more, just the blue arrow appears - and the downloads list says "Failed". I have tried the same on a clean profile with no add-ons, and downloads still fail. In the browser console, I get the following error message on each download attempt: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE) [nsIAnnotationService.setPageAnnotation]" nsresult: "0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE)" location: "JS frame :: resource://app/modules/DownloadsCommon.jsm :: onDownloadChanged :: line 735" data: no] Steps to reproduce: Klick on any downloadable file on a website (e.g. ZIP oder PDF). Result: Blue arrow appears, downloads list says "failed" below the download filename. The file will not download. Expected result: File dialogue (with appropriate settings). File being downloaded from the internet. Versions: Kubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Firefox 43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1527884/+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
