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    Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

    I have set KPDF as the default (in fact only) pdf app. When I click on a pdf file in FF it pops up KGhostView, claiming it is default. What is going on? Help appreciated.

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    Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

    Kmenu--->System Settings--->Default Applications----->applications

    Come down to pdf and make sure kpdf is the only one there. Delete ghostview if it's still there. Click apply then ok
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      #3
      Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

      And if that doesn't work, you can install the extension PDF Download. That solved the problem for me.

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        Princey: When I go to Default Applications via Kmenu, I do not see any link to Applications. I would like to know what is going on to be able to set other default applications. Could you help?

        Goeroeboeroe: I'll try the FF extension for pdf if I can. Thanks.

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          #5
          Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

          Originally posted by Princey
          Kmenu--->System Settings--->Default Applications----->applications
          Should be Kmenu--->System Settings--->Default Applications----->File Associations ----->applications

          You don't have to delete ghostview - just click it once and move it down in the order.
          Windows no longer obstructs my view.
          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
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            #6
            Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

            File Associations is nowhere to be seen in Default Applications window--in fact very little appears in that window--so it seems something is going wrong. Could you help further?

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              Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

              Picture #1
              Attached Files
              Windows no longer obstructs my view.
              Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
              "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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                Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

                Picture #2
                Attached Files
                Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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                  #9
                  Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

                  When I bring up Default Applications, I only get the side panel containing Email Client, etc. (the right panel in your picture) but not the panel with Default Applications and File Associations (the left panel). Possibly some config is missing?

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                    #10
                    Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

                    What version of Kubuntu are you running? Guess we should have asked that in the first place. :P
                    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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                      #11
                      Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

                      Gutsy.

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                        #12
                        Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

                        Be right back. Booting into my Gutsy install.
                        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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                          #13
                          Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

                          Okay. In Gutsy. In Konqueror, click on Settings > Configure Konqueror > File Associations
                          Under Know Types click the + next to application
                          Click on pdf
                          Under Application Preference Order click on KGhostView and click the Move Down button
                          Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                          "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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                            Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

                            In Kong. KPDF was set as default (KGhost second on list). I deleted all except KPDF. Several questions: 1) Since KPDF was set as default but KGhost kept popping up in FF, it appears that File Assoc set in Kong do not affect all apps, in particular FF. 2) What has happened in Gutsy to the System Settings way of setting file associations, which should be a global way of doing this.

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                              Re: Setting kpdf as default doesn't work in Firefox

                              How To Configure FireFox To Open Different Types Of Files
                              Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                              Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                              "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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