Evince doesn't open PDFs from Firefox links

Bug #778101 reported by Christopher
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firefox (Ubuntu)
Expired
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

In Natty with Firefox 4.01 or Thunderbird 3.1.10 many linked PDFs do not open with Evince. On the company website some do and some don't. Switching my preference to Adobe does work.

This is a regression as it wasn't an issue in Maverick.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: firefox 4.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic-pae 2.6.38.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 5 16:09:14 2011
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 4.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2
 flashplugin-installer 10.2.159.1ubuntu1
 adobe-flashplugin N/A
 icedtea-plugin 1.1~20110420-0ubuntu1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (5 days ago)

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Christopher (soft-kristal) wrote :
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Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version.

When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:

apport-collect 778101

and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for firefox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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