Make sure that your .mime.types files in your top directory contains
type=application/pdf \
desc="Portable Document Format" \
exts="pdf"
Then, in your Netscape preferences there should be a line something like
Portable Document Format acroread %s
or
application/pdf acroread %s
You might need to specify the full path in Netscape to acroread.
Leslie
> From: SMTP%"jm@clouds.fnal.gov" 28-OCT-1998 08:58:15.76
> To: GROER
> CC:
> Subj: netscape problem with pdf files
>
> Hi,
>
> I upgraded my system to fermi red hat v5.0.2 this week, and I'm
> experiencing some strange side effects. One of the problems is that I had
> installed the acroread pdf file reader to read PDF files on the web. This
> worked file with the last version of netscape, but with the new version,
> when I click on a PDF document, the file is downloaded but the acroread
> viewer never comes up. I have check several times that the path to
> acroread is correct. I have downloaded the PDF file and started acroread
> by hand; this works without any problems.
>
> Postscript files are correctly displayed with ghostview, but the
> PDF files are not. Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Jeff
> _____________________________________________________
> Jeffrey McDonald, Florida State jemcdon@fnal.gov
> FNAL MS 352 phone 630-840-3983
> Batavia, IL 60510 fax 630-840-8886
>
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