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	rebhana	2010-05-27 , 11:36
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I've filed a bug. If you also suffer from this breakage, consider voting for it:
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10345

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	rebhana	2010-05-27 , 18:06
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While I still hope for a quick fix for the standard pdf reader, I can report that evince from extras-devel is a good alternative (have been using evince from Easy Debian so far, but the native version is more convenient).

Does anybody know how to make microB use evince in place of the standard pdf reader when opening pdf documents in the browser?

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	rebhana	2010-05-27 , 19:13
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I now found a quick fix for myself, so I don't have to wait for PR 1.3 any longer...

The problem is just the executable

Code:

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1008844 Feb 11 11:02 /usr/bin/osso_pdfviewer.launch

Having made a complete backup of my device some time ago, I replaced that by the one from PR1.1.1

Code:

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1050160 2009-09-30 16:03 /usr/bin/osso_pdfviewer.launch

which interestingly enough is a 5% larger binary file. Now the pdf reader works as before.

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	debernardis	2010-05-28 , 05:10
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Wouldn't you attach the binary here please?

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	rebhana	2010-05-28 , 06:36
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Originally Posted by debernardis

Wouldn't you attach the binary here please?

I failed at first, because it is too large. But gzipped it is just below the allowed limit for t.m.o. uploads, so here it is.

After you unpack, the md5sum should be

Code:

61f15005f78234b66ac75125edf270d6

So for all those who want to apply this quick fix of reverting to the previous version of osso pdf viewer, here are my instructions for backing up the PR1.2 binary and replacing it with the one in the attachment: As root do

Code:

gunzip osso_pdfviewer.launch.gz
md5sum osso_pdfviewer.launch
mv /usr/bin/osso_pdfviewer.launch \
 /home/user/osso_pdfviewer.launch-PR1.2
cp osso_pdfviewer.launch /usr/bin
chmod a+x /usr/bin/osso_pdfviewer.launch

Usual disclaimer: follow these instructions at your own risk, i.e. be careful and make sure you know what you are doing.

EDIT: No longer necessary/recommended in PR1.3, which fixed the regression.

Attached Files

osso_pdfviewer.launch.gz (409.1 KB, 125 views)

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arajantie	2010-05-28 , 14:41
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Originally Posted by rebhana

While I still hope for a quick fix for the standard pdf reader, I can report that evince from extras-devel is a good alternative (have been using evince from Easy Debian so far, but the native version is more convenient).

Does anybody know how to make microB use evince in place of the standard pdf reader when opening pdf documents in the browser?

Change the application/pdf line in /usr/share/applications/defaults.list to

Code:

application/pdf=hildon-evince.desktop

and run

Code:

sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime

PDF files should then open in evince. (You may need to reboot.)

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Big Phat Jan	2010-05-28 , 14:46
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Originally Posted by arajantie

Change the application/pdf line in /usr/share/applications/defaults.list to
Code:
application/pdf=hildon-evince.desktop
and run
Code:
sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
PDF files should then open in evince. (You may need to reboot.)

I think (not sure) that if you instead modify /etc/gnome/defaults.list there is no need to reboot (or update-mime-database).

Cheers,
Jan

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arajantie	2010-05-28 , 14:59
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In fact, /usr/share/applications/defaults.list seems to be a symbolic link to /etc/gnome/defaults.list, so it shouldn't matter which one you edit. Indeed, you may not need to update-mime-database or reboot. I did those, and it worked, but it could have worked without.

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Big Phat Jan	2010-05-28 , 15:03
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Originally Posted by arajantie

In fact, /usr/share/applications/defaults.list seems to be a symbolic link to /etc/gnome/defaults.list, so it shouldn't matter which one you edit. Indeed, you may not need to update-mime-database or reboot. I did those, and it worked, but it could have worked without.

This isn't the case on my phone. I have been playing with these today (and with your useful tvcatchup script!) and I have found that a reboot is required after editing /usr/share/applications/defaults.list and not after editing /etc/gnome/defaults.list. I suspect perhaps that /usr/share/applications/defaults.list is used to populate /etc/gnome/defaults.list at startup but not really sure.

Cheers,
Jan

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arajantie	2010-05-28 , 15:39
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Originally Posted by Big Phat Jan

This isn't the case on my phone. I have been playing with these today (and with your useful tvcatchup script!) and I have found that a reboot is required after editing /usr/share/applications/defaults.list and not after editing /etc/gnome/defaults.list. I suspect perhaps that /usr/share/applications/defaults.list is used to populate /etc/gnome/defaults.list at startup but not really sure.

Cheers,
Jan

Interesting...

Code:

~ $ ls -l /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           24 May 18 10:50 /usr/share/applications/defaults.list -> /etc/gnome/defaults.list

Anyway, it would be great if you could get the script to launch directly from the browser, but it seems that the MIME system does not support command line arguments.