I download a file. I try to open it from the download manager (right-click on the file, and "Open"). Nothing happens. If I run firefox from a terminal, I see this error : Error: Couldn't open file 'file:///tmp/<filename>' If I paste the 'file:///tmp/<filename>' url in the address bar, the associated application pops up. Happens with all kind of files The option "Open containing folder" doesn't work either. I run a fluxbox desktop, maybe firefox doesn't integrate well with it... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. On a gentoo without gnome and kde, but with fluxbox 2. Launch firefox 3. Download a file 4. Open the Download manager 5. Right-click on the file, choose Open Actual Results: Error : Can't open file://<filename> Expected Results: Firefox should, eihter fire the associated application or at least ask what application should be used to open the file. xdg-open correctly opens the file. USE flags : dbus ipv6 java linguas_fr mozdevelop startup-notification xulrunner As a side note, the option "Open containing folder", should pop-up a file manager or at least ask for one.
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Try with -bin
(In reply to comment #2) > Try with -bin > I suppose this short comment was meant to say try to emerge mozilla-firefox-bin... I did that and it works. Now the bug remains for the mozilla-firefox ebuild, and it's not that great for a gentoo distribution...
Try emerging mozilla-firefox with USE="gnome"
(In reply to comment #4) > Try emerging mozilla-firefox with USE="gnome" > Nice catch ! It works ! However I find confusing the fact that I have to emerge firefox with the gnome keyword when I don't want gnome installed. A warning when emerging without the gnome keyword would be nice...
