At Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:41:26 -0000 Richard Vaughn <rvaughn9@gmail.com> wrote: > > Anybody having trouble with viewing .pdf files within Firefox on a > Linux (FC6) box? > > I get three different results from identical PC's: > 1) The .pdf doc opens within Firefox (desired result) This means this system has the acrobat reader plugin installed (properly). > 2) I get the Open With.../Save To... window This means this system DOES NOT have the acrobat reader plugin installed (properly). > 3) Nothing happens. Empty browser. URL conatins full path to .pdf > file. This is strange. It might have a *brokenly* installed acrobat reader plugin installed (the plugin is failing somehow). > > For all three PC's, in Edit > Prefs > Downloads > Download Actions > > View & Edit Actions, there are no entries. > > Am I missing something? > Is there something/somewhere that needs to be set so my users can > consistently view .pdf files from within Firefox? You need the acrobat reader plugin installed properly. I think you need what Adobe calls the Netscape 6 version of the plugin, but I think at one point there were two version, depeneding on which version of g++ was used to build FireFox/Mozilla and/or GLIBC you had installed or something like that. (No, I don't have the acrobat reader plugin installed -- my system is configured as case 2 above: I get a download dialog box (I loathe Adobe acrobat reader's GUI and use the old (non GTK/Gnome) GhostView viewer). > > Thanks, > -Richard Vaughn > > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database heller@deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk