some posts I found, that might be related: unfortunately no substantial help in all of those
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.portland/37963 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/firefox-zip-default-opener-is-gedit-902998/ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11229758 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/918019 Title: Firefox does not use default application to open PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/918019/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs