Opened 9 years ago

Last modified 9 years ago

#4874 new defect

Browse cannot open pdf files over https

Reported by: plarke Owned by:
Priority: Unspecified by Maintainer Milestone: Unspecified
Component: Browse Version: Unspecified
Severity: Unspecified Keywords:
Cc: godiard Distribution/OS: Unspecified
Bug Status: Unconfirmed

Description (last modified by plarke)

Over http everything seems to work fine. Over https, a new tab is opened completely grey, and all Browse buttons become unresponsive. I am using Sugar 1.06, Browse 157.2, arch linux, and an intel i5 cpu.

(over ftp, I get a message saying this web page could not be loaded, but that might be for another bug report.)

Example files that cause a freeze:
​https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
​https://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/acro6_pg_ue.pdf

Attachments (2)

Screenshot from 2015-07-10 18-58-43.png​ (27.6 KB) - added by plarke 9 years ago.
screeshot of freeze
0001-Add-support-for-PDFs-with-https-urls.patch​ (717 bytes) - added by plarke 9 years ago.
this patch should fix it

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Change History (7)

comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by godiard

  • Cc godiard added

Browse can handle PDF files. Other not supported files are downloaded. Can you describe the environment where you see the problem? Please detail Browse version, Sugar version and if possible hardware.

If you have the url to the pdf who make Browse crash, add it to this ticket.

comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by quozl

  • Bug Status changed from New to Unconfirmed
  • Type changed from enhancement to defect

Tested with Browse 157.2 with Sugar 0.106 on XO-4 laptop using OLPC OS 13.2.5 and on commodity hardware using Ubuntu 14.04.2, no fault found. The document was displayed in a new tab.

Changed 9 years ago by plarke

screeshot of freeze

Changed 9 years ago by plarke

this patch should fix it

comment:3 Changed 9 years ago by plarke

  • Description modified (diff)
  • Summary changed from Certain file types should be downloaded instead of opened to Browse cannot open pdf files over https

comment:4 Changed 9 years ago by plarke

Oh, I see. I really should have tested this more thoroghly. It freezes with some pdf files(like ​this one), but not others(like ​this one). I tested a few files and could'nt find any definite pattern to which work and which don't.

I'm on Sugar 1.06, Browse 157.2, arch linux, and an intel i5 cpu.

comment:5 Changed 9 years ago by godiard

Hi plarke,
Your patch looks like a valid fix. Solve the freeze problem described in the comments?
Thanks!

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