Firefox 2.0 doesn't open downloaded files

[alter_ego]

Thank you very much, rebuilt with edited Makefile, helper apps now work!

Java problem has not gone away, though. Firefox2 still gets killed on
websites running java applets.
I have turned off java as a workaround. Is there anything you can suggest as
a fix?

Thanks and regards,
AE


Joe Marcus Clarke-2 wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 03:55 -0800, alter_ego wrote:
>> Thanks for your reply, the bug is particular to firefox2. I have tried
>> mozilla 1.7.13 and firefox 1.5.0.7, both work as expected: both are able
>> to
>> open pdf, doc and ppt files using acroread, kpdf and openoffice.
> 
> I believe I have found the cause of this.  Edit firefox's Makefile, and
> remove the line:
> 
> LIBS=           -Wl,-Bsymbolic -lc
> 
> Then rebuild Firefox.  You should be able to open attachments once
> again.  Your other problems may be fixed as well.
> 
> Joe
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