Closed Bug 68736 Opened 24 years ago Closed 23 years ago

Helper application does not work

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
UI Design
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 68009

People

(Reporter: gabriel, Assigned: mscott)

References

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Details

(Keywords: qawanted, Whiteboard: DUPEME) 

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.2.13 i586; en-US; m18) Gecko/20010201
BuildID:    2001020108

I have a my.mp3 account. I was trying to play one of my albums; to do so I
followed the instructions on the site, which were basically to set up a helper
application for audio/mpeg (mp3) and I chose xmms as my application. I then
restarted moz. However, on clicking play, nothing happened, and I was taken
again to the my.mp3 configuration help page.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Set up xmms as a helper application for audio/mpeg (mp3). Try to play an album
on my.mp3.com

Actual Results:  User is taken to configuration setup page.

Expected Results:  xmms should pop up and play my albums.
Severity: enhancement → major
Looks like this and bug 68676 are dupes. FYI I entered the full path of xmms
(/usr/bin/xmms).

So I defined helper apps for PDF, RealAudio, and XMMS-Playlist files,
and for all of them, if "Ask me before opening downloaded files of
this type" is checked, then the helper application is either not
started or dies immediately because it has been given bad args (no
error message is displayed that I can see).

If no header is defined, the dialog box that allows you to open or
save pops up, which is normal.  However, if a helper is defined, but
"Ask me..." is unchecked, the dialog pops up as normal, but does not
have the application pre-filled-in.

These behaviors began sometime between 0.7 and 0.8.  In 0.7, helper
applications work fine whether or not handlers are defined, and
whether or not the "Ask me..." button is checked.

reassigning
Assignee: asa → mscott
Component: Browser-General → XP Apps
Keywords: qawanted
QA Contact: doronr → sairuh
Whiteboard: DUPEME
gabriel,

I don't think this is a duplicate of bug 68676.

beland,

If I understand what you're saying then I see a different behavior.

Define a helper application for:

mime type: audio/x-mpegurl 
extension: m3u
helper: /usr/bin/xmms
Ask: true

Save this, and after you have restarted moz (see bug 69878)
Open a playlist. You should be prompted to either open the file using the helper
or save the file.
Choosing the helper launches xmms correctly for me.

Now edit this mime type and uncheck the 'Ask before ...' button. 
Save this, and after you have restarted moz (see bug 69878)
Open a playlist. Nothing happens. If you check you /tmp directory you'll find
you playlist (random file name.m3u) but the helper won't be launched.
QA Contact: sairuh → shrir
Yes I had 'ask before' unchecked. It should've launched the helper app.

*** Bug 70383 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Nominating for mozilla 0.9
Keywords: mozilla0.9
ask me support hasn't been implemented yet. That's why it's greyed out in the
open / save dialog. 

I didn't realize the browser group's edit helper app dialog had it enabled. This
should definetly be disabled until we actually implement support for that. 

I'll try to re-assign this to the edit helper app dialog owner so they can
disable that radio box.
Ask me (as set in the preferences panel) used to work unless I am remembering
very badly.

I think the reason the box is shaded out is different. I complained some time
ago that I was expecting the box to work like (I think) it does on windows,
i.e., you get the Save/Open with dialog for a new mime type, you go to open,
pick your helper app, check the box, and then your choice is put into your
preferences and is used from then on out. You'd never have to go into
preferences directly.

Right now, the Open with field isn't pre-filled for me either, even though all
the mime types match. Should I delete my rdf file and start over again?
I don't understand. This is supposed to work if 'ask me' is checked, but now it
is impossible to check the 'ask me' box ? I am getting confused. All I want to
be able to do is to define a default application for a certain mime type. I
don't really care if I am prompted to save the file or use the defined application.
*** Bug 68676 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
With the 20010405 build on linux, I absolutely cannot get helper applications to
work at all. I've deleted mimeTypes.rdf, ~/.mozilla/, and filled in the
preferences at each stage to try to view a postscript file.

Whenever I click on one, mozilla knows it is an application/postscript but there
is nothing in the box with a program name.

This is a complete show stopper as far as I am concerned and I'm forced to use
NN 4.7x until this is fixed. I simply can't live without the ability to view PDF
and similar files using external viewers.
My guess is that the last complaint is related to bug 67549.  I have not been
able to get application/postscript to work for a long time either, but
application/pdf works fine for me in Linux build 2001040607.  I believe this is
related to the fact that Mozilla sets up default mime types, which include
postscript but not pdf.
On build 2001042906 (Linux) I have the following Helper Application defined

Extension: PLS
MIME type: audio/x-cpls
Application: /usr/bin/xmms
Ask me: False

Then I go to http://www.shoutcast.com/ and when I try to listen to some music 
nothing happens. I'm sure this worked before. If I change "Ask me: true", it
works correctly.

When I switch the "Ask me" option I have to restart Mozilla to take effect. Is
that an expected behaviour ?
Blocks: 78106
This bug seems to be a duplicate of bug #69308 "xmms does not play when added as
helper app on linux".
*** Bug 69308 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Is anybody seeing any behaviour that is only specific to xmms (as the title of
the bug #69308 suggested)? If yes, it should be reflected in the bug title. If
not, then this bugs seems to be a duplicate of bug #68009 - "Helper app doesn't
launch when 'Ask me...' unchecked".

To answer gabriel@pixle.demon.co.uk's question - the way you can check/uncheck
the "Always ask me" setting is by going into helper apps config screen in
Preferences. The fact that it is greyed out in the "Downloading" dialog is
addressed by bug #52454, but it does not make sence to fix #53454 until #68009
is fixed.

I agree, this bug is a duplicate of bug 68009
marking dup then..

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 68009 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
mass duplicate verifications . For filtering purposes, pls use keywd
"massdupverification"
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Core → Mozilla Application Suite
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