Downloaded files can not be opened from the downloads management dialog box

[Zhao Fan]

Bug detailed description:
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Image: created on 09/10/2007
From the downloads management dialog box, the downloaded file can not be opened, the containing folder can not be opened either.

Reproduce steps:
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1. launch browser
2. Save the webpage, or download something such as an mp3 file.
3. The downloads dialog box will pop up to show the download status.
4. When the download has been finished, click "Open" at the right side.

Current result:
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No matter the saved webpage or the mp3 file can not be opened. Nothing happens after clicking the Open link.

Expected result:
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Files could be opened by corresponding application

Basic root-causing log:
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[cwong1 (carl-wong)]

It is trying to open an external appication which doesn't exist in the pdk. I will investigate further.

[Zhao Fan (fan-zhao)]

Is it possible to disable the button as a workaround for release?

[Zhao Fan (fan-zhao)]

Carl, I tried to download a pdf as you suggested, but it still can not be opened from the download dialog box by clicking the "open" link. I also tried to save an html page, and it cannot work either.

[Zhao Fan (fan-zhao)]

The issue still exists on 12/19 image. Both mp3 and pdf file can not be opened.

[cwong1 (carl-wong)]

Jimmy will also add code to keep the files in the appropriate folders. All media files will go to $HOME/medai/[audio|photo|viedo] and others go to $HOME/Documents.

[Zhao Fan (fan-zhao)]

Jimmy, another issue relates with this is that if the file is deleted, the item will still show in the download dialog box, but there will be no response if I click the Open button.

[Jimmy Huang (jimmyhuang-deactivatedaccount)]

This bug is due to in the build target's /usr/share/applications directory, it is missing the defaults.list file that handles the file:open for various registered file types. Firefox will first open the downloaded file using the system's application handler to open the file (same as double-clicking on a file on you Desktop in Ubuntu). If no appropriate application handlers are found, then it will popup a dialog box for the user to pick which applications to open with. So the fix for it will be to provide a defaults.list file in the created target. I also needed to create a moblin-media.desktop file that specifies the url to the moblinplayer-client script that plays the media files through DBUS interface. We do have a desktop file for the moblin-media-music, photo and video, but those won't work as it just brings up the Moblin player, but doesn't play the file.

I am attaching the defaults.list and moblin-media.desktop file I used to testing, there could be some mimetypes supported by Moblin player that I didn't include, so it may not work for all the files.

[Zhao Fan (fan-zhao)]

Hi Jimmy,
I verified that your fix works! But why not check in them into the repository and make them available in images we created? I think it's not resonable for users to create these files themselves. Thanks.

[Jimmy Huang (jimmyhuang-deactivatedaccount)]

Fan,

I told Carl what needs to be fixed and he's working with Bob and Rusty, because there' a Ubuntu package that creates the default.list file, that it needs to be auto-generated, not hard-coded. That's why I can't check the fix in myself, Carl will be updating this bug status, but it will be fixed for this release.

[cwong1 (carl-wong)]

Fan,

We have put a fix in moblin-media-browser-plugin to installed the files needed to make this work. Please check it out and let us know if it work.

Thanks,
Carl

[Zhao Fan (fan-zhao)]

Sure, I will verify that after the new image is created.

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of cwong1
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:36 AM
To: Zhao, Fan
Subject: [Bug 145926] Re: Downloaded files can not be opened from thedownloads management dialog box

Fan,

We have put a fix in moblin-media-browser-plugin to installed the files
needed to make this work. Please check it out and let us know if it
work.

Thanks,
Carl

** Changed in: moblin-browser
       Status: Triaged => Fix Committed

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[zhangxu (xu-x-zhang)]

Verified on 2008/04/01 image.