Opening a pdf in safari just gives me a blank page

hi all,
when i try to open a pdf in safari it just opens a blank page. from the docs its supposed to open the pdf inline as part of safari but this doesn't work for me
is there a setting i need to adjust to make this happen?
i'm running safari 2.0.3 on tiger 10.4.5 with a 6month old powerbook.
thx for any advice!!

Hello S Butler,
Welcome to Discussions!
See if any of this helps you below.
Also did you use the combo up-date for 10.4.5? Because this version
corrects things in Safari that the stand alone does not.
Did you repair premissions before and after the up-date?
Did you turn off your firewall?
Safari: PDFs now open directly in Safari instead of in Preview
When using the latest version of Safari with Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger," PDF links that you click will now open directly in the Safari window for your viewing convenience. Before Tiger, PDFs would open in Preview.
If you still prefer Preview, simply Control-click the PDF link (or right click on a two-button mouse) and choose Download Linked File from the shortcut menu. Once the file is on your desktop, double-click it to open in Preview.
Notes:
In addition to Control-clicking the link and selecting Download Linked File as described above, you also have the choice of using Option-click on the link to shortcut the process even further.
If you do open a PDF in a Safari window, you can Control-click on the PDF itself and choose Open with Preview.
Due to certain server configurations, some PDFs will still download to your desktop instead of opening in a Safari window.
If you use a third-party PDF plug-in for Safari, it will block Safari's built-in PDF support.
Please let us know if anything works for you.
Kes
PowerBook G4 15 1.67GHz 10.4.5 512MB AirPort Extreme; iMac G4 20 1.25GHz   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

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