[Bug 1092919] [NEW] Firefox opens gedit instead of evince as helper

[Christopher]

Public bug reported:

When opening a pdf from a Microsoft Help Attribute Definition File
source, Firefox defaults to gedit instead of evince in FF 17.0.1, Ubuntu
12.10. This is a regression as previous versions had no such issue.

My preferences are OK; set to evince for pdf and nowhere does gedit
appear in preferred application for any file type.

It seems more complex than just a Firefox issue. I changed the profile
to a virgin one and still have the issue.

I have another partition on this laptop that opens evince properly as
well as another older laptop using the same profile that also opens
evince as the pdf viewer.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: firefox 17.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC2:  chris      4305 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  chris      4305 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1:  chris      4305 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20121129151900
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Channel: Unavailable
Date: Fri Dec 21 09:51:17 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-03-23 (639 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0  proto static 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000 
 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.2  metric 1 
 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth1  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.3  metric 9
MarkForUpload: True
MostRecentCrashID: bp-a3834091-0b53-47f7-94eb-84ac92121122
PrefErrors: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 254: invalid continuation byte
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=17.0.1/20121129151900 (In use)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-17 (126 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 36CN19WW(V2.05)
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Guam
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr36CN19WW(V2.05):bd09/07/2010:svnLENOVO:pn4311:pvrIdeaPadZ565:rvnLENOVO:rnGuam:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: 4311
dmi.product.version: IdeaPad Z565
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal running-unity

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