FS#15332 - [firefox] xulrunner - the associated helper application does not exist

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Yonathan Dossow (ydossow) - Wednesday, 01 July 2009, 14:58 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 20:04 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:

Clicking a download link, and selecting "open" with the default option in the dialog, firefox fails to open the file and displays the following error:

/tmp/filename.ext could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your
preferences.


Additional info:
* package version(s): xulrunner 1.9.0.11-1, firefox 3.0.11-1
* desktop environment: gnome 2.26.2 x86_64
tested also on a i686 computer, with fluxbox

Steps to reproduce:
- click a download link
- select open, with the default option
- click ok
- the error should be displayed now.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 20:04 GMT
Reason for closing:  Works for me
Additional comments about closing:  firefox 4.0. keep in mind that you should report this bugs upstream.
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Wednesday, 01 July 2009, 17:54 GMT
what is the extension of the file you are trying to download?
Comment by Yonathan Dossow (ydossow) - Wednesday, 01 July 2009, 18:31 GMT
rar, txt, etc

for example: https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/1.0.1/+download

there's a bug related here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/239952

the attached xulrunner patch solves the issue. i tested it in firefox 3.0.x and firefox 3.5
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Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Friday, 03 July 2009, 18:38 GMT
>> for example: https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/1.0.1/+download

"open" works fine here, in my case the last application is executed. Also tested in "firefox -safe-mode" to avoid loading extensions.

firefox-3.0.11-1-i686
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Comment by Yonathan Dossow (ydossow) - Friday, 03 July 2009, 19:19 GMT
>> >> for example: https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/1.0.1/+download

>> "open" works fine here, in my case the last application is executed. Also tested in "firefox -safe-mode" to avoid loading extensions.


should be because you selected by hand an application to open the file before. try to remove/rename the file $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/mimeTypes.rdf to restore the default applications and try with de default option.
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Friday, 03 July 2009, 19:29 GMT
In this case, shows a dialog that application selected "null" to open the file does not exist, so select the correct.
Comment by Yonathan Dossow (ydossow) - Friday, 03 July 2009, 20:35 GMT
here, on a clean gnome user, shows "Text Editor (default)", which is gedit, but it fails to open showing the error described before.

firefox uses the file /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache, created by update-mime-database, to get the default applications
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 22 October 2009, 07:26 GMT
Status with 3.5.3?
Comment by Gary James (gazj) - Saturday, 10 April 2010, 18:06 GMT
Seems fine on 3.6.3. ydossow? How is it for you?
Comment by Florian Pritz (bluewind) - Saturday, 03 July 2010, 20:29 GMT
Broken here. Firefox tries to open https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/1.0.1/+download with gvim but show the error from the description.
Comment by Börje Holmberg (linfan) - Saturday, 06 November 2010, 16:16 GMT
Firefox suxx on all levels, grrrr....

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