On Apr 1, 2005 11:32 AM, jim lawrence <fedorajim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Apr 1, 2005 10:42 AM, Matt Morgan <minxmertzmomo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > When I looks at Edit--Preferences--Downloads, I see a list of plugins > > that looks like this: > > > > PDF PDF File acroread > > Windows WMV File gmplayer > > DOC DOC File openoffice.org-1.9 > > > > That is what I want, and it reflects what I have set by checking the > > "always use this from now on" checkbox, when offered the option. > > > > But when I click on a link for a wmv, firefox offers totem as the > > default; when I click on a PDF, it offers kpdf as the default; and > > when I click on a DOC it offers oowriter (v 1.1.3) as the default. I > > have to go search for the app I really want every time. > > > > So it looks like Firefox is writing to one settings file, but reading > > from another. This is Firefox 1.02, installed and updated regularly > > via yum. I only noticed the problem pretty recently, maybe in the last > > month or two. Maybe it's related to a recent firefox update? > > > > Any suggestions? I tried grepping through ~/.mozilla/firefox for any > > files containing "totem," just to see if I could change the list of > > helper apps manually, but I couldn't find anything that included totem > > in the first place. > > > > Thanks, > > Matt > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > For giggles in your browser type in the address about:plugins > See if you have mplayer if not > yum install mplayerplug-in > > if you don't usse totum just remove it Thanks. Mplayer is installed and working. I realize I was pretty unclear about this, now, but literal "plugins" work. That is, when something is embedded in the html page, mplayerplug-in plays it fine. It's when it's a direct link just to the file (whether .pdf, .wmv. .avi, .doc, or whatever) that Firefox doesn't handle it the way it says it will. What we used to call "helper apps" don't get offered up according to what Firefox says it will do. It says it will default to openoffice.org-1.9, but then it defaults to oowriter (1.1.3) instead. I cannot find a reference to totem anywhere in my homedir, yet when I click on a link to a WMV file, firefox wants to run totem. I'll remove totem, but that doesn't sound like it will get gmplayer to start instead. Thanks!
