I think this is the upstream bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1166691
** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #1166691
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1166691
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Perhaps add this line would also be helpful:
MimeType=application/octet-stream;
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/918019
Title:
Firefox does not use default application
>Martinique
That's a really good idea! This could solve mime association problems
across the board.
I made two slight modifications, one because I quit Ubuntu and the other
is more important:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Auto-select
Exec=/usr/bin/xdg-open %U
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Thanks Martinique. That sounds promising, so I've made the same tweaks
myself.
I won't know in the short term if they have been successful, because I
stopped using Firefox as my default browser more than a year ago for
this and a couple of other reasons. Google Chromium is the default now.
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I worked around this bug by adding a .desktop file for xdg-open and then
setting it to be the default handler for unknown binary (application
/octet-stream) files. It appears as "Let Ubuntu choose" in Firefox for
opening files. I haven't had any problems since.
1. Put the below lines into a new
For me the file was ~/.config/mimeapps.list
Thank you for that workaround from comment 12!
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Title:
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comment #12 work around applied here with success.
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Title:
Firefox does not use default application to open binary files
Status
Rudolf
- I susupect nautilus makes the mime-application overrride when you open a file
in the wrong program, but I am not sure.
- No idea, and furthermore why is firefox's mime handling so terrible? It can't
even give you a list of installed applications to choose from when this button
It's been well over a year since this bug was reported and confirmed,
and with Ubuntu 13.04 it's still there in its full glory. From looking
through strace and wireshark logs it becomes evident that the web server
reports a file as x-octetstream, and instead of using file magic to
determine the
The really odd part is that I'm using the same profile on a 64 bit
partition and it shows no sign of the bug. Ditto my old laptop.
It makes me suspect there is something non-firefox happening.
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I have been plagued by this problem for at least a year. It was a
motivating factor in upgrading my system from 11.04 to 12.04, and to my
dismay, the install of 12.04 worked properly for a while... then went
back to opening Excel files in gedit.
Thanks a MILLION, quequotion... your suggestion
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
So far, that I can say, the workaround did the trick.
I stll have some issues with mime-type recognition (for example links
get opened in firefox/iceweasel by default. When it's an https-Link
epiphany will spawn instead ...)
I think the mime-type
In my case, firefox tries to open pdf file using emacs which is NOT my
default viewer for pdf file.
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Title:
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** Summary changed:
- Firefox does not use default application to open PDF files
+ Firefox does not use default application to open binary files
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me too. Firefox tries to open zip files in gedit. In Nautilus they are
correctly associated to file-roller.
Removing this line seemed to fix the issue:
application/octet-stream=gedit.desktop;inkscape.desktop;
I believe the bug is NOT in Firefox, but in whatever adds the line to
the
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