This is usually fixed by changing the helper application to one that exists (typically after ugrading Ubuntu, changes from open- to libreoffice etc.).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/383123 Title: can't open an attachement if not listed in registered files types Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: thunderbird Hello, I received an email with a PDF attachment but I have no way to open it except saving it and open it later with my file explorer. Before attempting to open the attachement, I had the below file types association: - file extension: PDF - action: open with kpdf - mime type: application/pdf The attachement had "text/octet-stream" MIME type. I get the attached error message. Why not proposing a menu entry with an action like "open with..." in order to avoid to use the file explorer as a workaround. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jun 3 12:42:04 2009 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: mozilla-thunderbird None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mozilla-thunderbird.list] PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: thunderbird Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-generic x86_64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/383123/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
