Can't view pdf files in firefox

[muskyminxx]

I am having trouble viewing pdf files in firefox. I can download them and view them using kpdf, but I can't seem to view them as a separate tab in the browser. I used Automatix to download and install firefox and the pdf reader (I think it's just called acrobat reader). I tried uninstalling and re-installing, to no effect. I am running the latest version of Dapper. Any help would be greatly appreciated (please be gentle, I am a newbie and have no idea what I'm doing). Please let me know if I can provide any more information.
Many thanks.

[machoo02]

Re: Can't view pdf files in firefox

You could see if the plugin is actually installed by opening up a blank page/tab in FF and typing in:

aboutlugins

That will list all of the installed plugins.

-m

[muskyminxx]

Re: Can't view pdf files in firefox

thanks for your suggestion - i did that, and it seems that it's all installed and enabled (see below). any other advice?



Adobe Reader 7.0

File name: nppdf.so
The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF and FDF files from within the browser.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/pdf Portable Document Format pdf Yes
application/vnd.fdf Acrobat Forms Data Format fdf Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format xfdf Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml Acrobat XML Data Package xdp Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml Adobe FormFlow99 Data File xfd Yes