[opensuse] Thunderbird does not launch Firefox
There is quite a bit of consternation about amongst some people with regard to Thunderbird not being able to launch firefox from http links in email. See: http://readlist.com/lists/suse.com/suse-linux-e/27/139529.html (if your thunderbird will do that :) This cropped up for people who had thunderbird 1.5.x and had explicitly enabled
pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/mozilla-firefox"); pref(”network.protocol-handler.app.https”, “/usr/bin/mozilla-firefox”); pref(”network.protocol-handler.app.ftp”, “/usr/bin/mozilla-firefox”);
so that thunderbird 1.5 would launch firefox. When thunderbird got upgraded to 2.0.0.x this stopped working. I was frustrated by this but by experimenting I found that if I created a new "blank" profile the links started to work. I did difs between my new and old prefs.js files and incremntally eliminated the differences. The result is that I removed all the network.protocol-handler.app entries from my original prefs.js file and viola! http links work again. So the cure for 1.5 is a sickness for 2.0 :( Spread the word.... wcn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Wendell Nichols wrote:
There is quite a bit of consternation about amongst some people with regard to Thunderbird not being able to launch firefox from http links in email. See: http://readlist.com/lists/suse.com/suse-linux-e/27/139529.html (if your thunderbird will do that :) This cropped up for people who had thunderbird 1.5.x and had explicitly enabled
pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/mozilla-firefox"); pref(”network.protocol-handler.app.https”, “/usr/bin/mozilla-firefox”); pref(”network.protocol-handler.app.ftp”, “/usr/bin/mozilla-firefox”);
so that thunderbird 1.5 would launch firefox. When thunderbird got upgraded to 2.0.0.x this stopped working. I was frustrated by this but by experimenting I found that if I created a new "blank" profile the links started to work. I did difs between my new and old prefs.js files and incremntally eliminated the differences. The result is that I removed all the network.protocol-handler.app entries from my original prefs.js file and viola! http links work again.
So the cure for 1.5 is a sickness for 2.0 :(
Maybe. ;) I've had the problem of T-Bird NOT bringing up FireFox when I click on a url in email. I've finally quit trying to find the problem. Fred -- Openoffice can not correct for incompetence in creating documents from Mickysoft. Furthermore,OO can't compensate for the defective and flawed security measures used by MickySoft. As such, before using this product for exams that require faulty and defective software, ensure that you will not be unjustly penalized for the incompetence of the organization that requires the use of software that is known to be flawed, defective, bug-ridden, and fails to meet ISO file format standards. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Fred A. Miller
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Wendell Nichols