Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04
On 11/16/2015 09:10 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Dick Steffens wrote: > >> That's why I was wondering if Firefox uses a pdf reader as a tool to >> display a .pdf, and if somehow it is different from the Document Viewer >> program in Ubuntu 14.04. > Dick, > > In the firefox frame, when you follow the menus Edit -> Preferences -> > Applications what do you have for an application for PDFs? > > Here, (firefox-38.4.0; Slackware stays way back from the bleeding edges), > my preference is to 'Save File' while the other options are 'xpdf (default,' > 'Adobe Reader 9.5 in firefox,' and 'Other.' Perhaps selecting 'Other' and > specifying what you want to use will help. Doh. That's the clue stick I was looking for. I used the hamburger icon but didn't find preferences in there. I totally forgot to look under Edit. Anyway, I have Content Type: Portable Document Format (PDF), Action: Preview in Firefox, followed by Use Document Viewer (Default). When I open the pdf from a directory with Document Viewer, it looks correct. Sigh. The option to Use Other ... takes me to "Select Helper Application" which shows me my desktop. I'm not sure I have any other pdf viewers loaded. > xpdf (at least the Slackware-14.1 version) does not handle pdf-1.6 or -1.7 > which is commonly used now by almost all microserfs; mupdf is an alternative > that works with all PDF versions. Interesting. I installed xpdf, then pointed Firefox at it instead of Document Viewer. Sure enough, when I click on the .pdf, it opens in xpdf, as a separate window. I switched back to Document Viewer, and now Firefox opens the .pdf file correctly, but not in a Firefox tab, but in a separate Document Viewer window. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04
On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Dick Steffens wrote: > That's why I was wondering if Firefox uses a pdf reader as a tool to > display a .pdf, and if somehow it is different from the Document Viewer > program in Ubuntu 14.04. Dick, In the firefox frame, when you follow the menus Edit -> Preferences -> Applications what do you have for an application for PDFs? Here, (firefox-38.4.0; Slackware stays way back from the bleeding edges), my preference is to 'Save File' while the other options are 'xpdf (default,' 'Adobe Reader 9.5 in firefox,' and 'Other.' Perhaps selecting 'Other' and specifying what you want to use will help. xpdf (at least the Slackware-14.1 version) does not handle pdf-1.6 or -1.7 which is commonly used now by almost all microserfs; mupdf is an alternative that works with all PDF versions. HTH, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04
On 11/16/2015 08:22 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Dick Steffens wrote: > >> I was wondering what Firefox uses to display a .pdf. Looking through the >> various add-ons and extensions, it's not obvious. > Dick, > > It might not be a firefox add-on but something else that interferes with > that firefox version. That's why I was wondering if Firefox uses a pdf reader as a tool to display a .pdf, and if somehow it is different from the Document Viewer program in Ubuntu 14.04. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04
On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Dick Steffens wrote: > I was wondering what Firefox uses to display a .pdf. Looking through the > various add-ons and extensions, it's not obvious. Dick, It might not be a firefox add-on but something else that interferes with that firefox version. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04
On 11/15/2015 09:35 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 20:58:25 -0800 > Dick Steffens dijo: > >> On 11/15/2015 08:28 PM, King Beowulf wrote: >>> What are the Firefox versions? That data is more useful that what >>> distro. Perhaps you just need to upgrade or reinstall Firefox on >>> your 14.04 box. >> Ubuntu 14.04 machine: >> Firefox 42.0 >> Midori 0.4.3 >> >> Ubuntu 12.04 machine: >> Firefox 41.0.1 >> >> Linux Mint 13 Maya machine: >> Firefox 40.0.3 >> >> The version of Firefox exhibiting the problem is the newest. > In my experience the newest version of Firefox is not always the best. > > More importantly, check what add-ons, extensions and other what-nots > you have installed in your various Firefoxes. I was wondering what Firefox uses to display a .pdf. Looking through the various add-ons and extensions, it's not obvious. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04
On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 20:58:25 -0800 Dick Steffens dijo: >On 11/15/2015 08:28 PM, King Beowulf wrote: >> >> What are the Firefox versions? That data is more useful that what >> distro. Perhaps you just need to upgrade or reinstall Firefox on >> your 14.04 box. > >Ubuntu 14.04 machine: >Firefox 42.0 >Midori 0.4.3 > >Ubuntu 12.04 machine: >Firefox 41.0.1 > >Linux Mint 13 Maya machine: >Firefox 40.0.3 > >The version of Firefox exhibiting the problem is the newest. In my experience the newest version of Firefox is not always the best. More importantly, check what add-ons, extensions and other what-nots you have installed in your various Firefoxes. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04
On 11/15/2015 08:28 PM, King Beowulf wrote: > > What are the Firefox versions? That data is more useful that what > distro. Perhaps you just need to upgrade or reinstall Firefox on your > 14.04 box. Ubuntu 14.04 machine: Firefox 42.0 Midori 0.4.3 Ubuntu 12.04 machine: Firefox 41.0.1 Linux Mint 13 Maya machine: Firefox 40.0.3 The version of Firefox exhibiting the problem is the newest. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04
On 11/15/2015 08:11 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > I have an internal website with a pair of .pdf files. One is in color, > the other is the same thing in black and white. They were both made from > a .jpg. The web page has links to these two .pdf files. When I click on > the b&w one Firefox opens it and it looks correct. When I click on the > color one, Firefox opens it, but it looks weird. It's black and white, > but there are repeating images in the background, it's really dark, and > only the top 1/4 displays. If I open it with the Midori browser (same > Ubuntu 14.04 machine) it looks correct. If I open it with Firefox from > an Ubuntu 12.04 machine in the house it looks correct. If I open it with > Firefox on Linux Mint it looks okay. If I open the .pdf file with > Document Viewer on my Ubuntu 14.04 machine it looks correct. > > So, the only place it looks weird is with Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04. > > What should I be looking for to figure out why this looks strange? > > Thanks. > What are the Firefox versions? That data is more useful that what distro. Perhaps you just need to upgrade or reinstall Firefox on your 14.04 box. -Ed ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04
I have an internal website with a pair of .pdf files. One is in color, the other is the same thing in black and white. They were both made from a .jpg. The web page has links to these two .pdf files. When I click on the b&w one Firefox opens it and it looks correct. When I click on the color one, Firefox opens it, but it looks weird. It's black and white, but there are repeating images in the background, it's really dark, and only the top 1/4 displays. If I open it with the Midori browser (same Ubuntu 14.04 machine) it looks correct. If I open it with Firefox from an Ubuntu 12.04 machine in the house it looks correct. If I open it with Firefox on Linux Mint it looks okay. If I open the .pdf file with Document Viewer on my Ubuntu 14.04 machine it looks correct. So, the only place it looks weird is with Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04. What should I be looking for to figure out why this looks strange? Thanks. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
