Sounds like you are running into the same response as the Mac platform.
Charlie Zender wrote:
>
> 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"
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