[Bug 66199] Re: "Choose Helper Application" dialogue doesn't offer access to /usr/bin/

[BrB]

Hi, I just checked this again for Firefox 2.0.0.1 on Kubuntu Edgy, and
it seems to be the same as reported.

Example :
1. Remove automatic action for PDF files (Edit, Preferences, Content,
File Types, Manage..., remove action for PDF files if there is one)
2. Go to a web page that has a PDF file for download, e.g.,
http://www.pineridgeskiclub.ca/?q=day_skiing under the heading "Snow
School", and click on the link to the PDF file
3. The "Open" dialogue comes up. Choose "Open With ... Other...
4. Attached is a screenshot of the "Choose Helper Application" window
I see when I've selected "File System". The only folders that I see
are /home, /media, and /video, so I can't browse to /usr/bin/ to
select any programs installed system wide; this is slightly different
than as reported in the original bug, but only because I don't think I
had the /media or /video root folders at the time. I realized later
that I could get around this by clicking on the icon in the top-left
of the "Choose Helper Application" window and just type in
/usr/bin/kpdf or whatever, but that wasn't obvious - at first it just
looked as though I couldn't specify a program from /usr.

-- Bruce

On 2/16/07, John Vivirito <gnomefreak at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is this still an issue for you?  We are trying to trying sort out the
> older Mozilla issues and would like to know if this still happens.
>
> I am unable to reproduce this in Edgy nor Feisty.
>
> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
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> "Choose Helper Application" dialogue doesn't offer access to /usr/bin/
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/66199
>


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"Choose Helper Application" dialogue doesn't offer access to /usr/bin/
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