file "save as" doesn't work

[electrogas]

On xubuntu 14.04 x86_64, if I click on a pdf on some page in Midori and select "save as" and give it a filename and location, it just hangs forever and the target file stays at 0 bytes length.

[gue5t gue5t (gue5t)]

Please post the contents of about:version and a specific link that doesn't work for you. Can you verify that the same link does work in some other browser?

[electrogas (j-gaul-w)]

Here's a random link to a pdf that shows the bug:
http://www.mccsemi.com/up_pdf/2N3904(TO-92).pdf
This works fine in Chromium.

Here's my version info:

about:version

Version numbers in brackets show the version used at runtime.

Command line /usr/bin/x-www-browser
Midori 0.4.3
WebKitGTK+ 1.10.1 (2.4.8)
GTK+ 2.24.13 (2.24.23)
Glib 2.34.2 (2.40.2)
libsoup 2.40.2
cairo 1.12.8 (1.13.1)
libnotify 0.7.5
libunique 1.1.6
libhildon No
Platform X11; Linux x86_64
Identification Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux) AppleWebKit/537.6+ Midori/0.4
Video Formats H264: true Ogg Theora: true WebM: true
Netscape Plugins:

gecko-mediaplayer.so mplayerplug-in is now gecko-mediaplayer 1.0.8
libtotem-gmp-plugin.so Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Videos)
gecko-mediaplayer-rm.so RealPlayer 9
libtotem-cone-plugin.so VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Videos 3.10.1)
libtotem-mully-plugin.so DivX® Web Player
libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6
gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so Windows Media Player Plug-in
gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.so DivX Browser Plug-In
libvlcplugin.so VLC Web Plugin

[gue5t gue5t (gue5t)]

You're running a really old version of Midori; the current version is 0.5.10 and 0.5.11 is on the way. I believe this bug was fixed in either Midori or its dependencies quite a long time ago; see <https://bugs.launchpad.net/midori/+bug/951658>. I believe there's a debian-compatible package at http://midori-browser.org/ which may work better.

[electrogas (j-gaul-w)]

Thanks very much. Unfortunately updating from the PPA results in a crash because my gtk libraries are out of date. Seems like I'll have to move away from 14.04 LTS to something more recent.
Anybody have a suggestion for a distro that will keep this stuff more current?

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