[opensuse] Problems with PDF - Seamonkey & Firefox
I have noticed some problems with opening PDFs in Firefox and Seamonkey, but not Konqueror browsers. When they fail, I get a blank or black display. Here is one link that I tried today: http://ryerson.ca/content/dam/currentstudents/forms/OfficialTranscriptReques... Konqueror has no problem with this link, but Firefox and Seamonkey both choke on it. This is on 64 bit 12.1 and Adobe reader is installed. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/06/2012 11:17 AM, James Knott pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
I have noticed some problems with opening PDFs in Firefox and Seamonkey, but not Konqueror browsers. When they fail, I get a blank or black display. Here is one link that I tried today:
http://ryerson.ca/content/dam/currentstudents/forms/OfficialTranscriptReques...
Konqueror has no problem with this link, but Firefox and Seamonkey both choke on it. This is on 64 bit 12.1 and Adobe reader is installed.
I too have had this problem when trying to open more then two pdf"s in a row. Only solution is to restart FF or SM then you can open a couple more and then repeat the sequence. Or which to Chrome which never gives me this problem. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
On 02/06/2012 11:17 AM, James Knott pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
I have noticed some problems with opening PDFs in Firefox and Seamonkey, but not Konqueror browsers. When they fail, I get a blank or black display. Here is one link that I tried today:
http://ryerson.ca/content/dam/currentstudents/forms/OfficialTranscriptReques...
Konqueror has no problem with this link, but Firefox and Seamonkey both choke on it. This is on 64 bit 12.1 and Adobe reader is installed.
I too have had this problem when trying to open more then two pdf"s in a row. Only solution is to restart FF or SM then you can open a couple more and then repeat the sequence. Or which to Chrome which never gives me this problem.
I also have Chrome, but often the links are from email, which means the Seamonkey browser opens, unless I copy it and then use it in Chrome or Konqueror. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday, 2012-02-06 at 11:55 -0500, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
I too have had this problem when trying to open more then two pdf"s in a row. Only solution is to restart FF or SM then you can open a couple more and then repeat the sequence. Or which to Chrome which never gives me this problem.
I just kill acroread or the process that calls it. Then reload the page. No need to kill FF if you don't want to (I don't - to many tabs). - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk8wfOoACgkQtTMYHG2NR9WflQCdG7N9nptLdC0w3iegVaLddbR8 fhcAn31G9Sp7HC3XPP23KdYgJBZsfUqM =cNHN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Monday, 2012-02-06 at 11:55 -0500, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
I too have had this problem when trying to open more then two pdf"s in a row. Only solution is to restart FF or SM then you can open a couple more and then repeat the sequence. Or which to Chrome which never gives me this problem.
I just kill acroread or the process that calls it. Then reload the page. No need to kill FF if you don't want to (I don't - to many tabs).
Same problem here, I'll have to try killing acroread to see if that helps. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-8.8°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/02/12 20:23, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Monday, 2012-02-06 at 11:55 -0500, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
I too have had this problem when trying to open more then two pdf"s in a row. Only solution is to restart FF or SM then you can open a couple more and then repeat the sequence. Or which to Chrome which never gives me this problem. I just kill acroread or the process that calls it. Then reload the page. No need to kill FF if you don't want to (I don't - to many tabs). Same problem here, I'll have to try killing acroread to see if that helps.
Excuse moi for asking, but which version of oS are you running because 12.1 (?and earlier) uses Okular for pdf files? And I don't have problems with Okular. BC -- Aspire to inspire before you expire. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Am 08.02.2012 10:55, schrieb Basil Chupin:
On 08/02/12 20:23, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Monday, 2012-02-06 at 11:55 -0500, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
I too have had this problem when trying to open more then two pdf"s in a row. Only solution is to restart FF or SM then you can open a couple more and then repeat the sequence. Or which to Chrome which never gives me this problem. I just kill acroread or the process that calls it. Then reload the page. No need to kill FF if you don't want to (I don't - to many tabs). Same problem here, I'll have to try killing acroread to see if that helps.
Excuse moi for asking, but which version of oS are you running because 12.1 (?and earlier) uses Okular for pdf files? And I don't have problems with Okular.
This Acrobat<->Gecko bug is sooo old. Basically the second PDF to be opened never opens because Acrobat freezing. We have no idea what's happening here. I usually advice people to remove acroread entirely or disable the plugin in the plugin settings of Firefox or Seamonkey so that they offer evince or okular or whatever else. Even opening a PDF outside of the browser window with acroread seems to work. Just the plugin misbehaves for whatever reason. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/02/12 20:59, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
On 08/02/12 20:23, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Monday, 2012-02-06 at 11:55 -0500, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
I too have had this problem when trying to open more then two pdf"s in a row. Only solution is to restart FF or SM then you can open a couple more and then repeat the sequence. Or which to Chrome which never gives me this problem. I just kill acroread or the process that calls it. Then reload the page. No need to kill FF if you don't want to (I don't - to many tabs). Same problem here, I'll have to try killing acroread to see if that helps. Excuse moi for asking, but which version of oS are you running because 12.1 (?and earlier) uses Okular for pdf files? And I don't have problems with Okular. This Acrobat<->Gecko bug is sooo old. Basically the second PDF to be opened never opens because Acrobat freezing. We have no idea what's happening here. I usually advice people to remove acroread entirely or disable the
Am 08.02.2012 10:55, schrieb Basil Chupin: plugin in the plugin settings of Firefox or Seamonkey so that they offer evince or okular or whatever else. Even opening a PDF outside of the browser window with acroread seems to work. Just the plugin misbehaves for whatever reason.
Yes, in the Software Manager the following is stated: QUOTE Adobe Reader is often the only program able to process complicated PDF files, such as PDF forms. However, there are many bugs where we cannot do anything about because it is proprietary binary-only software. Please consider whether it is possible to use free PDF readers like okular, evince, xpdf, ghostview, ... instead. UNQUOTE BC -- Aspire to inspire before you expire. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 08/02/2012 10:55, Basil Chupin a écrit :
Excuse moi for asking, but which version of oS are you running because 12.1 (?and earlier) uses Okular for pdf files? And I don't have problems with Okular.
it's only the firefox plugin for aroread that have problem. jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/02/12 21:31, jdd-gmane wrote:
Le 08/02/2012 10:55, Basil Chupin a �crit :
Excuse moi for asking, but which version of oS are you running because 12.1 (?and earlier) uses Okular for pdf files? And I don't have problems with Okular.
it's only the firefox plugin for aroread that have problem.
Before I wrote above, I went looking for this plugin and it certainly is not something which Mozilla has as either an extension or a plugin. So it has to be something which comes with openSUSE and, in fact, there is an acroread rpm listed in Software Manager. And there is a proviso against it as I quoted in my earlier response. BC -- Aspire to inspire before you expire. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Basil Chupin wrote:
Excuse moi for asking, but which version of oS are you running because 12.1 (?and earlier) uses Okular for pdf files? And I don't have problems with Okular.
I'm running openSUSE 12.1 and Adobe reader. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/02/12 04:35, James Knott wrote:
Basil Chupin wrote:
Excuse moi for asking, but which version of oS are you running because 12.1 (?and earlier) uses Okular for pdf files? And I don't have problems with Okular.
I'm running openSUSE 12.1 and Adobe reader.
Thanks. (Any special reason to have installed acroread and, possibly, deleted okular?) BC -- Aspire to inspire before you expire. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Basil Chupin wrote:
I'm running openSUSE 12.1 and Adobe reader.
Thanks.
(Any special reason to have installed acroread and, possibly, deleted okular?)
I generally prefer the results with Adobe. I haven't deleted okular. I just don't use it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/09/2012 04:12 PM, James Knott pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
Basil Chupin wrote:
I'm running openSUSE 12.1 and Adobe reader.
Thanks.
(Any special reason to have installed acroread and, possibly, deleted okular?)
I generally prefer the results with Adobe. I haven't deleted okular. I just don't use it.
I also prefer the better print options with adobe acroread. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Monday, February 06, 2012 10:17 James Knott wrote:
I have noticed some problems with opening PDFs in Firefox and Seamonkey, but not Konqueror browsers. When they fail, I get a blank or black display. Here is one link that I tried today:
http://ryerson.ca/content/dam/currentstudents/forms/OfficialTranscriptReque st.pdf
Konqueror has no problem with this link, but Firefox and Seamonkey both choke on it. This is on 64 bit 12.1 and Adobe reader is installed.
I use Seamonkey almost exclusively on my 11.3 32-bit system. In edit->preferences->Browser->Helper applications, I have it set as 'always ask' for PDF. That way a small window pops up and asks what app I want to use to open the pdf file with and I have that set at Okular. Same thing happens when I click on a pdf file in an e-mail in kmail...small window asking what app I want to use to open it with. The only thing Seamonkey screws up for me on my system is sometimes I can click on a link to open something and if it's an .asp thing, it won't work. Hopefully the pdf thing will work now for you though. I don't download the openSuSE browsers from a repository though, I download straight from Seamonkey or Firefox or Opera etc. For instance, the latest version of Seamonkey I now have (an update the other day as a matter of fact) is 2.7 -- There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else. -Theodore Roosevelt, 1915 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Insomniac wrote:
In edit->preferences->Browser->Helper applications, I have it set as 'always ask' for PDF.
I have done that. I'll have to see how it works. tnx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/02/12 00:16, James Knott wrote:
Insomniac wrote:
In edit->preferences->Browser->Helper applications, I have it set as 'always ask' for PDF.
I have done that. I'll have to see how it works.
tnx
Thanks for posting this. I have been trying to remember who was asking about not being able to view pdf files using okular and was getting Gimp as the default viewer. Am I on the right track here? If so, the answer to this problem is: okular is sitting in /usr/bin/ so when you use Firefox to view the pdf file select the Other which is underneath the Gimp (Default) and then go browsing to /usr/bin and double-click on 'okular' - and take it from there. You will now find that okular will appear in Edit/Preferences/Applications. BC -- Aspire to inspire before you expire. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
James Knott wrote:
I have noticed some problems with opening PDFs in Firefox and Seamonkey, but not Konqueror browsers. When they fail, I get a blank or black display. Here is one link that I tried today:
http://ryerson.ca/content/dam/currentstudents/forms/OfficialTranscriptReques...
Konqueror has no problem with this link, but Firefox and Seamonkey both choke on it. This is on 64 bit 12.1 and Adobe reader is installed.
I have always had that problem when using Adobe. I resolved it by removing Acroreader from my system, and configuring the browswer (Seamonkey in this case) to use mozplugger for PDF files. That loads the system default application, Okular, as a plugin, which works just fine. There is just one small problem with this, however -- I am not able to search within a PDF file loaded into the browser, and have been unable to find any setting which might resolve it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 11/02/12 07:13, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
James Knott wrote:
I have noticed some problems with opening PDFs in Firefox and Seamonkey, but not Konqueror browsers. When they fail, I get a blank or black display. Here is one link that I tried today:
http://ryerson.ca/content/dam/currentstudents/forms/OfficialTranscriptReques...
Konqueror has no problem with this link, but Firefox and Seamonkey both choke on it. This is on 64 bit 12.1 and Adobe reader is installed.
I have always had that problem when using Adobe. I resolved it by removing Acroreader from my system, and configuring the browswer (Seamonkey in this case) to use mozplugger for PDF files. That loads the system default application, Okular, as a plugin, which works just fine.
There is just one small problem with this, however -- I am not able to search within a PDF file loaded into the browser, and have been unable to find any setting which might resolve it.
Have you tried using the standard 'CTRL-F' for the search? BC -- Aspire to inspire before you expire. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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Wolfgang Rosenauer