Can't open PDF files

Alain

Hi,

I installed PDF JS and Chromium PDF, but there are problems.

When I do "open", I see "File Manager", "Morpĥ Browser", etc. I choose "File Manager" and I have to type the password. I tried to do "chmod 755 *" in the terminal (on /home/name) but File Manager still asks for my password.
Then I choose my pdf and it displays "Transfer in progress" and nothing else, it stays in progress forever.

Both pdf apps do that.

To be able to show my ticket on the train, I had to view it online and take a screeshot.

Vlad Nirky

@Alain
Hello.
Well, Sturmreader is back...
Perhaps could give a try.
https://next.open-store.io/app/sturmreader.emanuelesorce/

Alain

Thank you for the suggestion, but it's doing the same. Telling me "Transfer in progress" with a cute little blue spinning circle...

Vlad Nirky

@Alain
Can I ask you on which device UT is running? 20.04 or 24.04? And how you have installed it?

Alain

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 (OTA-9)
Lenovo Tab M10 HD

I followed the tutorial to install it.

Alain

Update : now OTA 10

gpatel-fr

@Alain said in Can't open PDF files:

When I do "open", I see "File Manager", "Morpĥ Browser", etc. I choose "File Manager"

Sorry, could you be more clear on what you are doing exactly ? It's sounding as if you are launching PDFJS, then trying to open the file with File Manager.
This would be strange, I'd do the reverse.
In fact I tried it (File manager then selecting the wanted file) and it worked fine (except that for some reason the file manager thinks that opening a Pdf with the Store or the calendar would be a good idea. I tried it for a bit of fun and the calender don't like a pdf file. But PDFJS works. Note that I am using 24.04 though.

pparent

@Alain said in Can't open PDF files:

When I do "open", I see "File Manager", "Morpĥ Browser", etc. I choose "File Manager" and I have to type the password. I tried to do "chmod 755 *" in the terminal (on /home/name) but File Manager still asks for my password.

You can first open the Filemanager, then chose a PDF and chose to view it with Chormium PDF or PDF.js. I very rarely start Chormium PDF or PDF.js directly from the application grid. This way you can also open a pdf directly from Morph Browser downloads, from dekko (e-mails), from Whatsweb, from Teleports, or whatever.

That being said, it is also possible to open first Chromium PDF or PDF.js, then open a PDF with filemanger, but it will display "Transfer in progress" as long as you did not actually select the pdf file in the filemanager window, and validate it with the check icon in the top right-hand corner. Note that it seems that if you already have the file-manager opened in background, it might not necessarily bring the window back in foreground in Noble (i Guess it's a small bug), but you can still go to it and select the file.