Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3135 mails)

[Benjamin Rosenberg <red.kryptonite@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 4, 2007, at 10:27 PM, Ciro Iriarte wrote:

> > > Just tried konqueror and works... last night it just said the  
> > address
> > > wasn't correct, even refused to connect to google, although i was
> > > connected trough gprs (gsm phone as a modem).
> > >
> > > Tried again with firefox on my laptop at the office an it crashed
> > > again, just noticed it doesn't happen with zip files, only with the
> > > rpm ones.
> >
> > That's because the default meta data for RPM as far as FF is
> > concerned is for Realplayer files .. always has been. It's such a
> > pain. You have to right click on the rpm file and do a save as.
> >
> > - Ben
> > --
> Works doing the right-click-thing, still think firefox shouldn't  
> crash...

No, it actually shouldn't .. it's probably a bad bit of site  
scripting along with FF's mishandling of the file. There is a way to  
change how FF handles files with .rpm extentions, but for the life of  
me I don't remember where it is or how to do it. Do a bit searching  
and you'll find it.

cheers.

-Ben
--
"We should forgive our enemies. But not before they are hanged."  
Heinrich Heine


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