[Expired for firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for
60 days.]
** Changed in: firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Expired
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Firefox changes application preferences from Evince to Acoread
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/418602
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This bug is still persisting. Firefox changes my preferences for opening
a PDF from Default (evince) to Adobe Reader. Sometimes it originates
from a Thunderbird attachment, even though the preferences in
Thunderbird are also set to Evince as the default PDF viewer.
** Changed in: firefox-3.5
Here's a screenshot of my Preferences-Applications. Earlier this morning
I checked before clicking on a similar link and the same window was set
to Evince (Document Viewer) as default.
As you can see, it changed to Adobe - without my intervention. I have
another screenshot showing Document Viewer
Still happens, even a fresh install of Karmic did not make a difference.
I can't predict when it changes from evince to acoread; it just does
without any perceptible pattern.
For the time being, I've disabled the Adobe Reader plugin, as I really
don't want this to keep happening. I'll reoort any
Wouldn't you know it, I can't reproduce the bug in my current profile
today. Even after a complete restart it's holding at Evince. When it re-
occurs, which is likely as the Adobe reader - even when not set to
default when installed, tries to do so.
I installed it via the Synaptic Package
Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Sometimes Firefox profiles can become
corrupt and/or extensions can conflict. Could you please try this with a new
profile and see if the problem still exists? You do not need to delete your
old profile to test. If this helps, you might want to try to
