[Bug 923534] [NEW] problem with embedded mime types in linux firefox 9.0.1 on ubuntu oneiric

[Michael Bloom]

Public bug reported:

Patent Images at the U.S. Patent office are loaded with code such as,
for example,:

 <embed src="/.DImg?Docid=06254230&PageNum=1&IDKey=A126567080D1
&ImgFormat=tif" width="570" height="840" type=image/tiff></embed>

xine-plugin is installed,  but,  A) when trying to access the patent
images, one gets the message "A plugin is required to display this
content."   B) opening a tiff file that has been manually downloaded
(using <a "href=file:///pathname") brings up the desired image, but
getting the image to that path is a hassle, especially when a patent has
quite a few images, as one must view the source, grab the desired URL of
each image that has failed to display,  and fetch it manually to save it
to a file, which can then be viewed using a hand crafted </a href="...">
. Using an image viewer manually saves that last step, but one must
still initially view the source to get the URL, etc...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: firefox 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1:  mab        2567 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  mab        2567 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20111228084953
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfebf8000 irq 49'
   Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC882'
   Components	: 'HDA:10ec0882,104313c4,00100101 HDA:15433155,10431335,00100700'
   Controls      : 36
   Simple ctrls  : 22
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Speaker'/'HOLTEK AudioHub Speaker at usb-0000:00:1d.7-2.4, full speed'
   Mixer name	: 'USB Mixer'
   Components	: 'USB046d:0a0e'
   Controls      : 2
   Simple ctrls  : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
   Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Limits: Playback 0 - 51
   Mono: Playback 26 [51%] [-20.00dB] [on]
Channel: release
Date: Sun Jan 29 14:56:53 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.0.1 dev wlan3  proto static 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan3  scope link  metric 1000 
 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlan3  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.29  metric 2
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=9.0.1/20111228084953 (Running)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-02 (88 days ago)
WifiSyslog:
 Jan 29 10:07:30 ubuntu1 wpa_supplicant[1566]: WPA: Group rekeying completed with 00:24:a5:ad:79:54 [GTK=TKIP]
 Jan 29 14:15:45 ubuntu1 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.0.29 on wlan3 to 192.168.0.1 port 67
 Jan 29 14:15:45 ubuntu1 dhclient: DHCPACK of 192.168.0.29 from 192.168.0.1
 Jan 29 14:15:45 ubuntu1 dhclient: bound to 192.168.0.29 -- renewal in 35504 seconds.
dmi.bios.date: 11/28/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 212
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: G2S
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr212:bd11/28/2007:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnG2S:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnG2S:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: G2S
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric

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