Firefox 2.0 doesn't open downloaded files

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 14:49 -0800, alter_ego wrote:
> 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?

No, Java works for me.  I have only tested the 1.4.2 plug-in, though.

Joe

> 
> 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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