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Firefox new tabs, need not autoclosing

Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 07:48
by gesnazo
Hi,

PKE is what i need, but i have a problem.
My web opens a new tab with a PDF doc, so i can print that.
But, this new tab is autoclosing at the moment it is open.

How can i keep this tab open?

Thanks.

Re: Firefox new tabs, need not autoclosing

Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 12:12
by fanthom
hi gesnazo,

this is weird behavior. definitely should not happen.

a) is this website public so i could try to recreate this problem on my PC?
b) does other PDF's behave the same? please try on this one:
http://www.pdf995.com/samples/pdf.pdf

thanks

Re: Firefox new tabs, need not autoclosing

Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 12:19
by gesnazo
I have just discovered the problem:

Firefox show right 'Portable Document Format' files, but my web creates a 'Adobe Acrobat Document' file.

I can see them in de Applications section. First of them can be opened with Preview in Firefox, but the seconds needs an external program (adobe acrobat).

How can i install adobe acrobat?

Re: Firefox new tabs, need not autoclosing

Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 14:10
by fanthom
How can i install adobe acrobat?
please follow official kiosk documentation:
http://porteus-kiosk.org/kiosk-customization.html
http://porteus-kiosk.org/modules.html

if you stuck somewhere for a long time then i could do this customization for you through the commercial 'Customized Builds' service:
http://porteus-kiosk.org/builds.html

thanks

Re: Firefox new tabs, need not autoclosing

Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 12:18
by gesnazo
Now i have installed AdobeReader9.xzm, but it is not working because missing commands (pwd and dirname).

I have found 'pwd' in bash PATH, but 'dirname' is missing.

Re: Firefox new tabs, need not autoclosing

Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 16:42
by fanthom
so you know what to do.
you have to add all missing pieces to get Adobe Reader working in kiosk.