apache2 and pdf mime type
Hi, I'm having problems with configuring apache2 under SuSE 9.0 to work correctly with some web browsers (including MSIE 6.0) when trying to retrieve .pdf files. Apparently, the mime-type definition application/pdf used by apache's module differs from the one used by the browser - in the apache's log file I can see that the server responds with code 206 (why partal download?) and the browser complains that the file doesn't start with a valid .pdf magic string, i.e. %PDF-. Does anyone know how to solve the problem? Any help appreciated, Adam Naumowicz --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 02:50:22PM -0800, Adam Naumowicz wrote:
I'm having problems with configuring apache2 under SuSE 9.0 to work correctly with some web browsers (including MSIE 6.0) when trying to retrieve .pdf files. Apparently, the mime-type definition application/pdf used by apache's module differs from the one used by the browser - in the apache's log file I can see that the server responds with code 206 (why partal download?) and the browser complains that the file doesn't start with a valid .pdf magic string, i.e. %PDF-.
Interesting. My assumption is that MSIE tries opening the file with the acrobat reader _plugin_ and that thing is buggy. Is it using an outdated version of the acrobat pdf plugin? Try downloading the file to disk. Some bots also do such partial GET requests, probably to save bandwidth by retrieving only the top of the html documents. There's nothing wrong with it by itself. Anyway, it shouldn't have anything to do with apache version (i.e. apache2), or a different mime type. Peter
I had this problem also. After days of trials, support calls and failed web searches, I guessed at a solution. I've documented this in my blog: http://www.keithrowland.com/archives/2003_12.html#000037 But essentially, change the mime type in /etc/mime.types for PDF from: application/pdf to application/x-pdf Adam Naumowicz wrote:
I'm having problems with configuring apache2 under SuSE 9.0 to work correctly with some web browsers (including MSIE 6.0) when trying to retrieve .pdf files. Apparently, the mime-type definition application/pdf used by apache's module differs from the one used by the browser - in the apache's log file I can see that the server responds with code 206 (why partal download?) and the browser complains that the file doesn't start with a valid .pdf magic string, i.e. %PDF-.
Does anyone know how to solve the problem?
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 05:10:32AM -0700, Keith Rowland wrote:
I had this problem also. After days of trials, support calls and failed web searches, I guessed at a solution. I've documented this in my blog:
http://www.keithrowland.com/archives/2003_12.html#000037
But essentially, change the mime type in /etc/mime.types for PDF from:
application/pdf
to
application/x-pdf
Interesting. I also read that MSIE + Adobe Acrobat plugin don't grok compressed files. Were you using mod_deflate? Peter
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