Opening downloaded dmg files

Any file that I download that is dmg will not open. I get the message that it failed to mount. If I check get info on the file it says it should open with disk image mounter. when I click on it it eventually says device not configured. I tried opening the disk utility, but it would only let me choose the entire hard drive, not an idividual file.
what should I do to get these files to open?

If it keeps coming back after the first time for that app, then try repairing permissions using Disk Utlity.
It will report a lot of stuff that you can safely ignore. I'm not sure if it will fix the problem, but it might.
The Quarantine attribute is supposed to be stripped off when you OK it, but it appears it is not. It could be a problem with permissions that is preventing the attribute from being removed.

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Hi aikidojoe,
Sorry to say I have not been able to solve the problem.   However, the problem only exists with Safari, as
I also have Google Chrome and Firefox and am able to download dmg files on those.
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PDF files from websites on Safari, but again I can on Google Chrome and Firefox.
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