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firefox uses wrong algorithm to open files on web-pages

Bug #914890 reported by Andrey Gelman on 2012-01-11

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	firefox (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When one opens a document on a web-page, firefox asks what application should be used to open this file (in cases the web-page doesn't identify this file as some kind of document).
In 'choose hepler application' dialog, one clicks 'recently used', but (!) the list one gets is a list of recently viewed documents, rather than recently used 'helper applications'.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: firefox 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: andrey 2292 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: andrey 2292 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20111228084940
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xfbff4000 irq 46'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC889'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0889,1458a022,00100004'
   Controls : 38
   Simple ctrls : 23
Card1.Amixer.info:
Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfaffc000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 14 HDMI/DP'
   Components : 'HDA:10de0014,10de0101,00100100'
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 4
Channel: release
Date: Wed Jan 11 18:54:11 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=9.0.1/20111228084940 (Running)
RfKill:

RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/08/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F3
dmi.board.name: Z68X-UD3P-B3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF3:bd04/08/2011:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnZ68X-UD3P-B3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnZ68X-UD3P-B3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Z68X-UD3P-B3
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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Andrey Gelman (andrey-gelman) wrote on 2012-01-11:

AlsaDevices.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AplayDevices.txt Edit (685 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ArecordDevices.txt Edit (303 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (64.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Amixer.values.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec.2.txt Edit (14.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card1.Amixer.values.txt Edit (499 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card1.Codecs.codec.0.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card1.Codecs.codec.1.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card1.Codecs.codec.2.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card1.Codecs.codec.3.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (17.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Extensions.txt Edit (816 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IfupdownConfig.txt Edit (382 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IpAddr.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IpRoute.txt Edit (386 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (173 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Locales.txt Edit (414 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (15.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciMultimedia.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciNetwork.txt Edit (739 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Plugins.txt Edit (624 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Prefs.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (141 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PulseSinks.txt Edit (4.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PulseSources.txt Edit (4.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Themes.txt Edit (129 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (4.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-01-24:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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