Hi, On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:42:09 -0500 Marcel Rieux <m.z.rieux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Some people seem to have problems opening pdf documents with Fedora > 12, but my problem is slightly different. > > Until 2 updates ago, everything was fine, but now, if I click a pdf > file at Google's, it downloads but doesn't open I click Tools, > Downloads the click the pdf file. > > That's not all. If I click a URL in Thunderbird, it doesn't open. I've > got to right click it, then choose Copy, then I'm asked if I want to > open it in the browser, I click Firefox, it opens. > > So, I've sent me a message with a URL. When I click it, I receive the > following message: > > "Could not open the link. > (This can be copy/pasted) > > "Failed to execute child process "/usr/lib64/firefox-3.5.6/firefox" > (No such file or directory). Of course, I have 3.5.8 installed." > (This part of the error message cannot be copy/pasted. What's the > fundamental reason for this?) > > Maybe if I could redirect the system to the right copy of Firefox, it > would solve all problems? How is this done? Just checking: did you quit your firefox and restart after the update? This may solve most of your problems, if not. > I must admit I've seen the little red rat appear quite often lately in > the top panel. I try not to care too much about it, but it seems there > are consequences. Little red rat? I don't have anything of that sort here: I confess I am using the LXDE spin, though. > 10 days ago, one copy of Firefox after another started opening. I > jumped on the modem switch. Then, ALT-F4 couldn't stop the number of > open windows from increasing. I rebooted, but the reboot process > didn't work: the screen went black before the boot screen and > everything stopped there with the HD emitting loud clicks. > > I went into the BIOS and noticed pretty much every option -- by this I > mean even the failsafe option -- had been grayed out. Tried to reboot > in vain. Went back to the BIOS and saved the options available before > quitting. The system booted fine. > > I'll have to check the BIOS <=> CMOS option to reload the defaults. Or > I'll just remove the battery. What exactly is this system and its specs? Ranjan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
