firefox opens blank page when opening .pdf
On one machine (suse 10.0), if I open a url with a .pdf, it opens fine in kpdf. On the other, also suse 10.0, it opens a blank page. On the machine that works, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has PDF listed with open with default application. PDF is also listed under the plug-ins. On the machine that does not work, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has nothing listed, however PDF is listed under the plug-ins. Any clues on how to fix this? I have looked under the gnome cc but found nothing there as well as the KDE CC has pdf listed and the applications also listed the same on both machines. Found nothing like this on gnome cc. Art
On Saturday 29 October 2005 16:14, Art Fore wrote:
On one machine (suse 10.0), if I open a url with a .pdf, it opens fine in kpdf. On the other, also suse 10.0, it opens a blank page.
No help here, but I'll be interested in the answer. I just experienced this ten minutes ago, when my wife tried to open the map to a place we're visiting tonight. Blank page in FireFox. Kevin
I wish firefox would open a blank page, instead of a commercial for Novell. How do you do that? --doug At 01:14 PM 10/29/2005 -0700, Art Fore wrote:
On one machine (suse 10.0), if I open a url with a .pdf, it opens fine in kpdf. On the other, also suse 10.0, it opens a blank page.
On the machine that works, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has PDF listed with open with default application. PDF is also listed under the plug-ins.
On the machine that does not work, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has nothing listed, however PDF is listed under the plug-ins.
Any clues on how to fix this? I have looked under the gnome cc but found nothing there as well as the KDE CC has pdf listed and the applications also listed the same on both machines. Found nothing like this on gnome cc.
Art
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On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 20:23 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
I wish firefox would open a blank page, instead of a commercial for Novell. How do you do that?
--doug
Please don't top post. Edit-->Preferences-->General click on Use Blank Page -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
On Saturday 29 October 2005 5:23 pm, Doug McGarrett wrote:
I wish firefox would open a blank page, instead of a commercial for Novell. How do you do that?
Tools -> Options -> General then set your home page to whatever you want it to be. Scott -- POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ Linux 2.6.11.4-21.9-default x86_64 SuSE Linux 9.3 (x86-64)
I wish firefox would open a blank page, instead of a commercial for Novell. How do you do that?
--doug
At 01:14 PM 10/29/2005 -0700, Art Fore wrote:
On one machine (suse 10.0), if I open a url with a .pdf, it opens fine in kpdf. On the other, also suse 10.0, it opens a blank page.
On the machine that works, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has PDF listed with open with default application. PDF is also listed under the plug-ins.
On the machine that does not work, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has nothing listed, however PDF is listed under the plug-ins.
Any clues on how to fix this? I have looked under the gnome cc but found nothing there as well as the KDE CC has pdf listed and the applications also listed the same on both machines. Found nothing like this on gnome cc.
Art
The answer by Doug McGarrett is not any way related to the original
On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 20:23 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: problem. If I go to http://www.usdf.org/pdf/convention/2005RegistrationRegisInfo.pdf I get a blank page after the file is downloaded on one machine, the other is OK. Both machines are configured the same except Firefox does not show PDF in preferences, downloads,files types Art
On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 21:03 -0700, Art Fore wrote:
I wish firefox would open a blank page, instead of a commercial for Novell. How do you do that?
--doug
At 01:14 PM 10/29/2005 -0700, Art Fore wrote:
On one machine (suse 10.0), if I open a url with a .pdf, it opens fine in kpdf. On the other, also suse 10.0, it opens a blank page.
On the machine that works, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has PDF listed with open with default application. PDF is also listed under the plug-ins.
On the machine that does not work, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has nothing listed, however PDF is listed under the plug-ins.
Any clues on how to fix this? I have looked under the gnome cc but found nothing there as well as the KDE CC has pdf listed and the applications also listed the same on both machines. Found nothing like this on gnome cc.
Art
The answer by Doug McGarrett is not any way related to the original
On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 20:23 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: problem. If I go to http://www.usdf.org/pdf/convention/2005RegistrationRegisInfo.pdf I get a blank page after the file is downloaded on one machine, the other is OK. Both machines are configured the same except Firefox does not show PDF in preferences, downloads,files types
I would have a look at the plug-ins you have and make you have acrobat installed as one of them. If installed properly it will not ask you to download the pdf it will do so on its own and open the pdf in the browser. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
On Sunday 30 October 2005 08:19, Ken Schneider responded to Art Fore:
problem. If I go to http://www.usdf.org/pdf/convention/2005RegistrationRegisInfo.pdf I get a blank page after the file is downloaded on one machine, the other is OK. Both machines are configured the same except Firefox does not show PDF in preferences, downloads,files types
I would have a look at the plug-ins you have and make you have acrobat installed as one of them. If installed properly it will not ask you to download the pdf it will do so on its own and open the pdf in the browser.
SUSE 10.0 Firefox > Edit > Preferences > Downloads > Plugins has a list of plug-ins, all enabled, that includes "pdf". If it's got that, then shouldn't it at least try to display a pdf file? Even if it's not an explicit Adobe Acrobat plug-in, if there is an enabled entry for PDF, then doesn't that imply that it should be using one of the other (open-source?) pdf readers? Else, why have the entry with the checkmark for "enabled"? Do other people have something different in their plug-ins list? What? Also, if I open the Help in Firefox, and search for "plug-ins", I get a page about plug-ins with sentence (containing a link) that says: "To see a full list of Firefox plug-ins you can install, see the Browser Plug-ins page at Netscape.com. " The link is the words "Browser Plug-ins page". When I click that, I get directed to: http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/ which contains ONLY the sales pitch to use the Netscape browser, with a !Free Download! for Windows XP-English. Nothing about plug-ins that I can reach from that link. Using the google-ized search engine on the Netscape site eventually finds a link to Adobe itself, but then they don't make it immediately easy to find a Firefox plug-in for Linux either. It's not impossible, just far less straightforward than one might expect. But why? Or did I just overlink a look? :-) Kevin
elefino wrote:
On Sunday 30 October 2005 08:19, Ken Schneider responded to Art Fore:
problem. If I go to http://www.usdf.org/pdf/convention/2005RegistrationRegisInfo.pdf I get a blank page after the file is downloaded on one machine, the other is OK. Both machines are configured the same except Firefox does not show PDF in preferences, downloads,files types
I would have a look at the plug-ins you have and make you have acrobat installed as one of them. If installed properly it will not ask you to download the pdf it will do so on its own and open the pdf in the browser. How to check: Type in firefox as URL 'about:plugins' and see of pdf is available. In my version it says: Adobe Reader 7.0 Bestandsnaam: nppdf.so The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF and FDF files from within the... (and then come some MIME types)
How to solve: If this is not available compare the content of /opt/mozillafirefox/lib/plugins and add (link) the missing plugins from /usr/lib/browser-plugins (Tip for lazy GUI people: use konqueror in root mode for this. split it in two parts via menu -> window -> split windows up vertically; chooose the correct directories on both sides; then drag the plugin to the other side and choose 'link' as the action). Peter Vollebregt
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 20:31 +0100, Peter Vollebregt wrote:
elefino wrote:
On Sunday 30 October 2005 08:19, Ken Schneider responded to Art Fore:
problem. If I go to http://www.usdf.org/pdf/convention/2005RegistrationRegisInfo.pdf I get a blank page after the file is downloaded on one machine, the other is OK. Both machines are configured the same except Firefox does not show PDF in preferences, downloads,files types
I would have a look at the plug-ins you have and make you have acrobat installed as one of them. If installed properly it will not ask you to download the pdf it will do so on its own and open the pdf in the browser. How to check: Type in firefox as URL 'about:plugins' and see of pdf is available. In my version it says: Adobe Reader 7.0 Bestandsnaam: nppdf.so The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF and FDF files from within the... (and then come some MIME types)
How to solve: If this is not available compare the content of /opt/mozillafirefox/lib/plugins and add (link) the missing plugins from /usr/lib/browser-plugins (Tip for lazy GUI people: use konqueror in root mode for this. split it in two parts via menu -> window -> split windows up vertically; chooose the correct directories on both sides; then drag the plugin to the other side and choose 'link' as the action).
Peter Vollebregt
About:plugins shows the acrobat7 plugin for pdf. Checked the link, it is okay and is the same plugin used by Opera which works. The only thing I see different is on the machine that works, in preferences, downloads, file types, PDF PDF document Open with is shown where as on the non-working machine it does not show up here, but shows up in plug-ins and in About:plugins. Art
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 13:23 -0800, Art Fore wrote:
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 20:31 +0100, Peter Vollebregt wrote:
About:plugins shows the acrobat7 plugin for pdf. Checked the link, it is okay and is the same plugin used by Opera which works. The only thing I see different is on the machine that works, in preferences, downloads, file types, PDF PDF document Open with is shown where as on the non-working machine it does not show up here, but shows up in plug-ins and in About:plugins.
Art
In Preferences-->Downloads click on Plug-ins... and see if it is enabled. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 22:15 -0500, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 13:23 -0800, Art Fore wrote:
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 20:31 +0100, Peter Vollebregt wrote:
About:plugins shows the acrobat7 plugin for pdf. Checked the link, it is okay and is the same plugin used by Opera which works. The only thing I see different is on the machine that works, in preferences, downloads, file types, PDF PDF document Open with is shown where as on the non-working machine it does not show up here, but shows up in plug-ins and in About:plugins.
Art
In Preferences-->Downloads click on Plug-ins... and see if it is enabled.
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
It is enabled. Art
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From: "Art Fore"
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 22:15 -0500, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 13:23 -0800, Art Fore wrote:
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 20:31 +0100, Peter Vollebregt wrote:
About:plugins shows the acrobat7 plugin for pdf. Checked the link, it is okay and is the same plugin used by Opera which works. The only thing I see different is on the machine that works, in preferences, downloads, file types, PDF PDF document Open with is shown where as on the non-working machine it does not show up here, but shows up in plug-ins and in About:plugins.
Art
In Preferences-->Downloads click on Plug-ins... and see if it is enabled.
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
It is enabled.
Art
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On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 10:15:55PM -0500, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 13:23 -0800, Art Fore wrote:
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 20:31 +0100, Peter Vollebregt wrote:
About:plugins shows the acrobat7 plugin for pdf. Checked the link, it is okay and is the same plugin used by Opera which works. The only thing I see different is on the machine that works, in preferences, downloads, file types, PDF PDF document Open with is shown where as on the non-working machine it does not show up here, but shows up in plug-ins and in About:plugins.
The same problem existed on my machine after a 9.3 to 10.0 upgrade. I found there was a package installed called "dragonegg", which according to the description is "a Netscape Plugin for Mozilla/Firefox that allows to embed KDE KParts (KPdf for example) into your Browser." I uninstalled that, and displaying .pdf files in Firefox started working. Michael -- San Francisco, CA
On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 02:13 -0800, Michael Nelson wrote:
On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 10:15:55PM -0500, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 13:23 -0800, Art Fore wrote:
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 20:31 +0100, Peter Vollebregt wrote:
About:plugins shows the acrobat7 plugin for pdf. Checked the link, it is okay and is the same plugin used by Opera which works. The only thing I see different is on the machine that works, in preferences, downloads, file types, PDF PDF document Open with is shown where as on the non-working machine it does not show up here, but shows up in plug-ins and in About:plugins.
The same problem existed on my machine after a 9.3 to 10.0 upgrade. I found there was a package installed called "dragonegg", which according to the description is "a Netscape Plugin for Mozilla/Firefox that allows to embed KDE KParts (KPdf for example) into your Browser."
I uninstalled that, and displaying .pdf files in Firefox started working.
Michael
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San Francisco, CA
That did it and it did not break Opera, that is, Opera will still work with PDF also. Art
On Sunday 30 October 2005 02:31 pm, Peter Vollebregt wrote:
How to solve: If this is not available compare the content of /opt/mozillafirefox/lib/plugins and add (link) the missing plugins from /usr/lib/browser-plugins (Tip for lazy GUI people: use konqueror in root mode for this. split it in two parts via menu -> window -> split windows up vertically; chooose the correct directories on both sides; then drag the plugin to the other side and choose 'link' as the action).
Peter Vollebregt
Great tip!
On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 20:23 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
I wish firefox would open a blank page, instead of a commercial for Novell. How do you do that?
--doug
At 01:14 PM 10/29/2005 -0700, Art Fore wrote:
On one machine (suse 10.0), if I open a url with a .pdf, it opens fine in kpdf. On the other, also suse 10.0, it opens a blank page.
On the machine that works, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has PDF listed with open with default application. PDF is also listed under the plug-ins.
On the machine that does not work, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has nothing listed, however PDF is listed under the plug-ins.
Any clues on how to fix this? I have looked under the gnome cc but found nothing there as well as the KDE CC has pdf listed and the applications also listed the same on both machines. Found nothing like this on gnome cc.
Art
Well actually, it easy: Click edit --> preferences In the preferences window click general and clear the home page option... Now I would also like to solve the blank pdf issue? It has something to do with plugins which I have, I switched to the acrobat plugin and that works but the kpdf (default) doesn't.. Thanks Chadley
On Saturday 29 October 2005 21:14, Art Fore wrote:
On one machine (suse 10.0), if I open a url with a .pdf, it opens fine in kpdf. On the other, also suse 10.0, it opens a blank page.
On the machine that works, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has PDF listed with open with default application. PDF is also listed under the plug-ins.
On the machine that does not work, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has nothing listed, however PDF is listed under the plug-ins.
Any clues on how to fix this? I have looked under the gnome cc but found nothing there as well as the KDE CC has pdf listed and the applications also listed the same on both machines. Found nothing like this on gnome cc.
Art
One question i see no one has asked yet is this a 32 or 64 bit machine a lot of plugins dont work on 64 bit boxes ... Pete . -- If Bill Gates had gotten LAID at High School do YOU think there would be a Microsoft ? Of course NOT ! You gotta spend a lot of time at your school Locker stuffing underware up your ass to think , I am going to take on the worlds Computer Industry -------:heard on Cyber Radio.:------- AFFA
On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 16:24 +0000, Peter Nikolic wrote:
On Saturday 29 October 2005 21:14, Art Fore wrote:
On one machine (suse 10.0), if I open a url with a .pdf, it opens fine in kpdf. On the other, also suse 10.0, it opens a blank page.
On the machine that works, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has PDF listed with open with default application. PDF is also listed under the plug-ins.
On the machine that does not work, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has nothing listed, however PDF is listed under the plug-ins.
Any clues on how to fix this? I have looked under the gnome cc but found nothing there as well as the KDE CC has pdf listed and the applications also listed the same on both machines. Found nothing like this on gnome cc.
Art
One question i see no one has asked yet is this a 32 or 64 bit machine a lot of plugins dont work on 64 bit boxes ...
Pete .
-- If Bill Gates had gotten LAID at High School do YOU think there would be a Microsoft ? Of course NOT !
You gotta spend a lot of time at your school Locker stuffing underware up your ass to think , I am going to take on the worlds Computer Industry
-------:heard on Cyber Radio.:-------
AFFA
In my case, it was the 64-bit machine that worked and the 32-bit machine that did not. Art
I had the same problem. Look for the install_browser_plugin script, browsing the /usr/X11R6/Acrobat7 folder, and execute it as root. When asked, type /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib as the browser installation folder. This worked for me. Francesco Art Fore wrote:
On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 16:24 +0000, Peter Nikolic wrote:
On Saturday 29 October 2005 21:14, Art Fore wrote:
On one machine (suse 10.0), if I open a url with a .pdf, it opens fine in kpdf. On the other, also suse 10.0, it opens a blank page.
On the machine that works, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has PDF listed with open with default application. PDF is also listed under the plug-ins.
On the machine that does not work, Looking under firefox preferences, downloads, files types, it has nothing listed, however PDF is listed under the plug-ins.
Any clues on how to fix this? I have looked under the gnome cc but found nothing there as well as the KDE CC has pdf listed and the applications also listed the same on both machines. Found nothing like this on gnome cc.
Art
One question i see no one has asked yet is this a 32 or 64 bit machine a lot of plugins dont work on 64 bit boxes ...
Pete .
-- If Bill Gates had gotten LAID at High School do YOU think there would be a Microsoft ? Of course NOT !
You gotta spend a lot of time at your school Locker stuffing underware up your ass to think , I am going to take on the worlds Computer Industry
-------:heard on Cyber Radio.:-------
AFFA
In my case, it was the 64-bit machine that worked and the 32-bit machine that did not.
Art
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Art Fore -
Chadley Wilson -
david rankin -
Doug McGarrett -
elefino -
Francesco Teodori -
Ken Schneider -
Michael Nelson -
Paul Alfille -
Peter Nikolic -
Peter Vollebregt -
Scott Leighton