I've been using nightly/weekly mozilla builds for over 6 months on
a Linux/Intel box, and the mime settings and plugin features have
never worked. When I attempt to download anything requiring an external
program, like a PDF file, I get a box asking me which external program
to use or to save to disk. I am unable to type in this box, although
I can use the GUI to click my way to the required executable. That
would be fine if mozilla remembered to use, e.g., acroread the next
time I downloaded a PDF but it has no memory of the mime types.
This behavior is extraordinarily silly, since netscape has no problem
with plugins and mime types. Is there some non-obvious trick to doing
this with mozilla? On the theory that some mozilla file may be corrupted
and just propogating from upgrade to upgrade, I have attached my
.mailcap below, in case there is something wrong with it.
Any help appreciated,
Thanks,
Charlie
# -*-text-*-
image/*; showpicture %s
image/x-xwd; showpicture %s; description="An X11 window image dump in
X-XWD form
at"
message/partial; showpartial %s %{id} %{number} %{total}
message/external-body; showexternal %s %{access-type} %{name} %{site}
%{director
y} %{mode} %{server}; \
needsterminal; composetyped = extcompose %s; \
description="A reference to data stored in an external location"
x-sun-attachment; sun-to-mime.csh %s
audio-file; sun-audio-file.csh %s
application/postscript; ghostview %s
audio/*; playfix %s; \
x-mozilla-flags=prompt
text/html;netscape -remote 'openURL(file:%s)'
default; cat %s; copiousoutput
#mailcap entry added by Netscape Helper
image/gif;xv -8 -perfect -geometry +10+10 %s; \
x-mozilla-flags=internal
#mailcap entry added by Netscape Helper
image/jpeg;xv -8 -perfect -geometry +10+10 %s; \
x-mozilla-flags=internal
#mailcap entry added by Netscape Helper
image/tiff;xv -8 -perfect -geometry +10+10 %s
#mailcap entry added by Netscape Helper
image/x-xbitmap;xv -8 -perfect -geometry +10+10 %s
#mailcap entry added by Netscape Helper
image/x-xpixmap;xv -8 -perfect -geometry +10+10 %s
#mailcap entry added by Netscape Helper
image/x-xwindowdump;xv -8 -perfect -geometry +10+10 %s
#mailcap entry added by Netscape Helper
image/x-portable-anymap;xv -8 -perfect -geometry +10+10 %s
#mailcap entry added by Netscape Helper
image/x-portable-bitmap;xv -8 -perfect -geometry +10+10 %s#mailcap entry
added by Netscape Helper
image/x-portable-graymap;xv -8 -perfect -geometry +10+10 %s
#mailcap entry added by Netscape Helper
image/x-portable-pixmap;xv -8 -perfect -geometry +10+10 %s
#mailcap entry added by Netscape Helper
application/x-dvi;xdvi %s
#mailcap entry added by Netscape Helper
application/pdf;acroread %s; \
x-mozilla-flags=prompt
audio/x-pn-realaudio;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
audio/vnd.rn-realaudio;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
application/smil;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
text/vnd.rn-realtext;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
video/vnd.rn-realvideo;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
image/vnd.rn-realflash;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
application/x-shockwave-flash2-preview;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
application/sdp;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
application/x-sdp;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
application/vnd.rn-realmedia;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
image/vnd.rn-realpix;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
audio/wav;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
audio/x-wav;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
audio/x-pn-wav;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
audio/x-pn-windows-acm;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
audio/basic;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
audio/x-pn-au;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
audio/aiff;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
audio/x-aiff;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
audio/x-pn-aiff;/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
