mPlayer plugin problem

Well here is my latest gem. I have the mplayer plugin installed into
FireFox. Now when I go to an an rpm web site, firefox thinks that all of
the downloads are music and ivokes the plugin. So the long and short of
it is that I can no longer download any rpm files. Help please! TIA

Regards,
Vic Chapman

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:51:53 GMT
Victor Chapman <Victor.Chapman@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Well here is my latest gem. I have the mplayer plugin installed into
> FireFox. Now when I go to an an rpm web site, firefox thinks that all
> of the downloads are music and ivokes the plugin. So the long and
> short of it is that I can no longer download any rpm files. Help
> please! TIA
>
> Regards,
> Vic Chapman
Hi
In firefox preferences->downloads->download actions. Just remove the
rpm extension action.

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Cheers
Malcolm °¿°

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:59:37 +0000, Malcolm wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:51:53 GMT
> Victor Chapman <Victor.Chapman@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> Well here is my latest gem. I have the mplayer plugin installed into
>> FireFox. Now when I go to an an rpm web site, firefox thinks that all of
>> the downloads are music and ivokes the plugin. So the long and short of
>> it is that I can no longer download any rpm files. Help please! TIA
>>
>> Regards,
>> Vic Chapman
> Hi
> In firefox preferences->downloads->download actions. Just remove the rpm
> extension action.

If that doesn't work, a workaround is to right click the file and click
"save target as"

Testy

Malcolm wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:51:53 GMT
> Victor Chapman <Victor.Chapman@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> Well here is my latest gem. I have the mplayer plugin installed into
>> FireFox. Now when I go to an an rpm web site, firefox thinks that all
>> of the downloads are music and ivokes the plugin. So the long and
>> short of it is that I can no longer download any rpm files. Help
>> please! TIA
>>
>> Regards,
>> Vic Chapman
> Hi
> In firefox preferences->downloads->download actions. Just remove the
> rpm extension action.

There is no reference to the rpm extension.

My short run solution is to connect to the download site via ftp rather
than http.

Vic

On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:27:03 GMT
Victor Chapman <Victor.Chapman@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Malcolm wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:51:53 GMT
> > Victor Chapman <Victor.Chapman@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Well here is my latest gem. I have the mplayer plugin installed
> >> into FireFox. Now when I go to an an rpm web site, firefox thinks
> >> that all of the downloads are music and ivokes the plugin. So the
> >> long and short of it is that I can no longer download any rpm
> >> files. Help please! TIA
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Vic Chapman
> > Hi
> > In firefox preferences->downloads->download actions. Just remove the
> > rpm extension action.
>
> There is no reference to the rpm extension.
>
> My short run solution is to connect to the download site via ftp
> rather than http.
>
> Vic
Hi Vic
The file that contains the information is in your home
directory;
~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/mimeTypes.rdf

How do you feel about editing it?

Can you post the output of the file?

--
Cheers
Malcolm °¿°

Malcolm wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:27:03 GMT
> Victor Chapman <Victor.Chapman@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> Malcolm wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:51:53 GMT
>>> Victor Chapman <Victor.Chapman@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well here is my latest gem. I have the mplayer plugin installed
>>>> into FireFox. Now when I go to an an rpm web site, firefox thinks
>>>> that all of the downloads are music and ivokes the plugin. So the
>>>> long and short of it is that I can no longer download any rpm
>>>> files. Help please! TIA
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Vic Chapman
>>> Hi
>>> In firefox preferences->downloads->download actions. Just remove the
>>> rpm extension action.
>> There is no reference to the rpm extension.
>>
>> My short run solution is to connect to the download site via ftp
>> rather than http.
>>
>> Vic
> Hi Vic
> The file that contains the information is in your home
> directory;
> ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/mimeTypes.rdf
>
> How do you feel about editing it?
>
> Can you post the output of the file?
>

Is this really what you want to see. Output from mimeTypes.rdf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<RDF:RDF xmlns:NC="http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#"
xmlns:RDF="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
<RDFescription RDF:about="urn:mimetypes">
<NC:MIME-types RDF:resource="urn:mimetypes:root"/>
</RDFescription>
<RDFescription RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-gzip"
NC:alwaysAsk="true"
NC:saveToDisk="true">
<NC:externalApplication
RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:app lication/x-gzip"/>
</RDFescription>
<RDF:Seq RDF:about="urn:mimetypes:root">
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:application/x-gzip"/>
</RDF:Seq>
<RDFescription RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/x-gzip"
NC:value="application/x-gzip"
NC:editable="true"
NC:fileExtensions="gz"
NC:description="">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-gzip"/>
</RDFescription>
<RDFescription
RDF:about="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:applic ation/x-gzip"
NCrettyName=""
NCath="" />
</RDF:RDF>

Vic