Re: Iceweasel: Can't find helper application
Quoth Thorny at 2009-03-25 03:11...
> I have a default installation of Iceweasel 3.0.6 on Lenny and when I go to
> Preferences-->Applications I only see one instance of Portable Document
> Format. For it there is a drop down list to choose other than the default
> "Always ask" which also includes navigation for "Use other ..." choices.
> This doesn't sound like what you are describing (3 instead of the 1 I
> see). You didn't mention anything about which version of either Iceweasel
> or the OS, don't know if it might be related.
I've gone from FF2 (Gentoo x86_64) to Iceweasel 3.0.6 (Lenny x86_64).
> Hummm. Could it be that you tried to copy some configuration files
> over from one of your other installations to save what you had already
> done or something like that? Something that might not be compatible?
I think that you may have hit the nail on the head. As I use a load of
Firefox extensions (including one of my own) and have done a lot of
configuration, I copied my profile from the old disc.
Think that my assumption that FF3/Iceweasel would be compatible with my
old FF2 config may have been faulty.
I'll take a dive into the profile directory and remove all the PDF
references in mimeTypes.rdf so that it will be forced to ask me next
time I encounter one, hopefully putting things straight.
Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Cheers
M
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