[opensuse-kde] Cannot "send link" from Firefox under KDE4.7
Please see http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Changing%20the%20e-mail%20program%20used... for the basics & background. I'm talking about the "Send link" option from the _F_ile menu. I've experimented and this doesn't work. What I've done is set up a shell script that uses 'logger' to indicate its been invoked and then execute 'thunderbird', in place of the calls to 'thunderbird' in the instructions of the above. Its clear that this script is NOT getting executed. The script does work, I've used it manually. The path - whatever - from Firefox by whatever internal path is not executing the program filled in. I've tried this with both the Firefox from the openSuSE repository and the one downloaded Mozilla. This is currently FF 6 and TB 6, but I tried upgrading because this problem arose with FF 5 and TB 5 under KDE4.7 -- "Do not be quick to reveal judgement. Hidden judgement often is more potent. It can guide reactions whose effects are felt only when too late to divert them." -- Frank Herbert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
Mandag den 22. august 2011 23:01:02 skrev Anton Aylward:
I've tried this with both the Firefox from the openSuSE repository and the one downloaded Mozilla.
This is currently FF 6 and TB 6, but I tried upgrading because this problem arose with FF 5 and TB 5 under KDE4.7
Doesn't sound kde related to me. Are you saying it works in non-kde sessions - e.g. icewm? The only thing about kde that might affect FF and TB is the oxygen-gtk gtk style, so maybe try another one. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
Martin Schlander said the following on 08/23/2011 09:36 AM:
Mandag den 22. august 2011 23:01:02 skrev Anton Aylward:
I've tried this with both the Firefox from the openSuSE repository and the one downloaded Mozilla.
This is currently FF 6 and TB 6, but I tried upgrading because this problem arose with FF 5 and TB 5 under KDE4.7
Doesn't sound kde related to me.
Are you saying it works in non-kde sessions - e.g. icewm?
Yes I'm saying that - Xfce for me
The only thing about kde that might affect FF and TB is the oxygen-gtk gtk style, so maybe try another one.
Yup. BTDT. clearlooks, redmond, qtcurve, the xfce styles. In fact "oxygen-gtk" is the only one I haven't tried. As I said, this problem arose when I upgraded to 4.7. What I'm trying to establish is the underlying mechanism TB and FF use to invoke one another. Is it some DBUS thing? As I said, I followed the instruction at http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Changing%20the%20e-mail%20program%20used...
From the FF POV I filled out bother the about:config/mailto and the KDE default mailer with my test script and made sure it was on the $PATH. It does not get executed. Whatever the mechanism FF uses for 'send link' it is not doing what that page implies when it is run under KDE4.7
I've tried rolling back to 4.6 but there is just so much and I've probably missed something critical as I can't get KDE to come up as 4.6. I realise I could start deleting things wholesale but that isn't very scientific or methodological is it? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
Am 23.08.2011 15:36, schrieb Martin Schlander:
Mandag den 22. august 2011 23:01:02 skrev Anton Aylward:
I've tried this with both the Firefox from the openSuSE repository and the one downloaded Mozilla.
This is currently FF 6 and TB 6, but I tried upgrading because this problem arose with FF 5 and TB 5 under KDE4.7
Doesn't sound kde related to me.
Are you saying it works in non-kde sessions - e.g. icewm?
The only thing about kde that might affect FF and TB is the oxygen-gtk gtk style, so maybe try another one.
That's not the only difference though. Firefox under KDE behaves differently than under other desktops. Still this doesn't explain the described behaviour fully. There are several things to consider and I was going to give FF6 and TB6 a try on a KDE testinstallation soonish. I was planning to answer when I checked if I can reproduce. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
Wolfgang Rosenauer said the following on 08/23/2011 10:02 AM:
Firefox under KDE behaves differently than under other desktops.
What's this ? PollKit? ksysguard? That I'm running temperature sensor and memory/cpu monitoring widgets? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
Am 23.08.2011 17:07, schrieb Anton Aylward:
Wolfgang Rosenauer said the following on 08/23/2011 10:02 AM:
Firefox under KDE behaves differently than under other desktops.
What's this ? PollKit? ksysguard? That I'm running temperature sensor and memory/cpu monitoring widgets?
Firefox under KDE (only the openSUSE version) gets default applications using KDE mechanisms instead of Gnome's GIO. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
Wolfgang Rosenauer said the following on 08/23/2011 12:27 PM:
Am 23.08.2011 17:07, schrieb Anton Aylward:
Wolfgang Rosenauer said the following on 08/23/2011 10:02 AM:
Firefox under KDE behaves differently than under other desktops.
What's this ? PollKit? ksysguard? That I'm running temperature sensor and memory/cpu monitoring widgets?
Firefox under KDE (only the openSUSE version) gets default applications using KDE mechanisms instead of Gnome's GIO.
That's interesting for a number of reasons. First, other people have advised me to lock-out the openSUSE version and download directly from Mozilla. I've tried that and it doesn't work either. And as I pointed out on the page I referenced, I have tried the settings in the about:config and in the systemsetting->default browser/mailer. ZILCH -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
Am 23.08.2011 19:57, schrieb Anton Aylward:
Wolfgang Rosenauer said the following on 08/23/2011 12:27 PM:
Am 23.08.2011 17:07, schrieb Anton Aylward:
Wolfgang Rosenauer said the following on 08/23/2011 10:02 AM:
Firefox under KDE behaves differently than under other desktops.
What's this ? PollKit? ksysguard? That I'm running temperature sensor and memory/cpu monitoring widgets?
Firefox under KDE (only the openSUSE version) gets default applications using KDE mechanisms instead of Gnome's GIO.
That's interesting for a number of reasons.
First, other people have advised me to lock-out the openSUSE version and download directly from Mozilla.
I've tried that and it doesn't work either.
And that's why I didn't jump in earlier. That means the reason is more complicated on your system and I wanted to do some tests before (what I still need to do). I just was pointing out that there is a difference in Firefox when running under KDE. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
On 08/23/2011 09:32 PM, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
Am 23.08.2011 19:57, schrieb Anton Aylward:
Wolfgang Rosenauer said the following on 08/23/2011 12:27 PM:
Am 23.08.2011 17:07, schrieb Anton Aylward:
Wolfgang Rosenauer said the following on 08/23/2011 10:02 AM:
Firefox under KDE behaves differently than under other desktops.
What's this ? PollKit? ksysguard? That I'm running temperature sensor and memory/cpu monitoring widgets?
Firefox under KDE (only the openSUSE version) gets default applications using KDE mechanisms instead of Gnome's GIO.
That's interesting for a number of reasons.
First, other people have advised me to lock-out the openSUSE version and download directly from Mozilla.
I've tried that and it doesn't work either.
And that's why I didn't jump in earlier. That means the reason is more complicated on your system and I wanted to do some tests before (what I still need to do). I just was pointing out that there is a difference in Firefox when running under KDE.
Wolfgang
It works here under factory (12.1) and Mozilla Repo for Factory. How I setup thing are like this : first be sure to have in systemsettings under kde4 the default ressource pointed to firefox and thunderbird Default application Then, and this is the most tricky part, get firefox and thunderbird default for gtk env either by using the gnome-control-center, or gconf in the url handler the mailto has to be set to /usr/bin/thunderbird %s -- Bruno Friedmann Ioda-Net Sàrl www.ioda-net.ch openSUSE Member & Ambassador GPG KEY : D5C9B751C4653227 irc: tigerfoot -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
Bruno Friedmann said the following on 08/28/2011 08:32 AM:
It works here under factory (12.1) and Mozilla Repo for Factory. How I setup thing are like this : first be sure to have in systemsettings under kde4 the default ressource pointed to firefox and thunderbird Default application
Then, and this is the most tricky part, get firefox and thunderbird default for gtk env either by using the gnome-control-center, or gconf
in the url handler the mailto has to be set to /usr/bin/thunderbird %s
Yes, I've done all that -- see earlier in the thread. -- He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
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