PHWinfo - Afficher un message - opening URLs in Firefox from Thunderbird using upstream programs

05/12/2006, 07h50

Marc Shapiro wrote:
> Marc Shapiro wrote:
>
>> Adam Hardy wrote:
>>
>>> Marc Shapiro on 04/12/06 01:38, wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am running Etch and want to continue to use the branded Firefox
>>>> (2.0) and Thunderbird. I do not want to switch to Icedove and
>>>> IceWeasel. I have been running the upstream Firefox 2.0 for a
>>>> while, now, with no problems. When I switched from
>>>> debian-thunderbird to the upstream version (1.5.0.8) urls stopped
>>>> opening in firefox. They have, in fact, stopped opening in anything.
>>>>
>>>> I have made sure that /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser is pointing
>>>> to the proper firefox binary and I don't know what else to check.
>>>> I can not find any configuration option, or preference, that says
>>>> where links should open, only where html attachments should open.
>>>> Can anyone tell me what I am missing?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Are you sure you mean urls stopped working in FF? Not TB? If TB,
>>> then try going into your preferences / Advanced / General / Config
>>> editor, and edit the following property:
>>>
>>> network.protocol-handler.app.http
>>>
>>> to point to the firefox app.
>>
>>
>> I must not have been clear. I fully expect that the problem is with
>> Thunderbird and not Firefox. I looked for that configuration item
>> and did not see it. I will have to check again tonight, when I get
>> the time to check into it. I was about to add the line manually to
>> prefs.js. I also found a reference to setting
>> network.protocol-handler.external.http to false and setting
>> network.protocol-handler.expose to true, as well. I will have to
>> look for these, this evening, as well. I will report back if I have
>> any success.
>>
> I could not find that configuration item in the list. I exited
> thunderbird and manually added the lines to prefs.js and then
> restarted thunderbird. The preferences then showed up, but it did not
> change anything. Thunderbird still fails to send the url to firefox.
> Since the debian package of thunderbird had worked previously, I
> decided to try icedove. It did not work, either. If I can't get
> links in my e-mail to open a browser, I may have to just stick with
> Sarge and not upgrade at all.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> BTW, I read something about firefox requiring gconf to handle this.
> Is that true? Because I do not have gconf installed on the Etch
> partitions.
>
>
Now I feel silly! As neer as I can tell, all that I needed to do was to
set the network.protocol-handler.app.http config option using the FULL
PATH to the firefox binary. I did not need gconf, just a complete path.

Thank you to all who responded.

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05/12/2006, 07h50	#5
Marc Shapiro Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: (SOLVED: I think) opening URLs in Firefox from Thunderbird using upstream programs Marc Shapiro wrote: > Marc Shapiro wrote: > >> Adam Hardy wrote: >> >>> Marc Shapiro on 04/12/06 01:38, wrote: >>> >>>> I am running Etch and want to continue to use the branded Firefox >>>> (2.0) and Thunderbird. I do not want to switch to Icedove and >>>> IceWeasel. I have been running the upstream Firefox 2.0 for a >>>> while, now, with no problems. When I switched from >>>> debian-thunderbird to the upstream version (1.5.0.8) urls stopped >>>> opening in firefox. They have, in fact, stopped opening in anything. >>>> >>>> I have made sure that /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser is pointing >>>> to the proper firefox binary and I don't know what else to check. >>>> I can not find any configuration option, or preference, that says >>>> where links should open, only where html attachments should open. >>>> Can anyone tell me what I am missing? >>> >>> >>> >>> Are you sure you mean urls stopped working in FF? Not TB? If TB, >>> then try going into your preferences / Advanced / General / Config >>> editor, and edit the following property: >>> >>> network.protocol-handler.app.http >>> >>> to point to the firefox app. >> >> >> I must not have been clear. I fully expect that the problem is with >> Thunderbird and not Firefox. I looked for that configuration item >> and did not see it. I will have to check again tonight, when I get >> the time to check into it. I was about to add the line manually to >> prefs.js. I also found a reference to setting >> network.protocol-handler.external.http to false and setting >> network.protocol-handler.expose to true, as well. I will have to >> look for these, this evening, as well. I will report back if I have >> any success. >> > I could not find that configuration item in the list. I exited > thunderbird and manually added the lines to prefs.js and then > restarted thunderbird. The preferences then showed up, but it did not > change anything. Thunderbird still fails to send the url to firefox. > Since the debian package of thunderbird had worked previously, I > decided to try icedove. It did not work, either. If I can't get > links in my e-mail to open a browser, I may have to just stick with > Sarge and not upgrade at all. > > Any other suggestions? > > BTW, I read something about firefox requiring gconf to handle this. > Is that true? Because I do not have gconf installed on the Etch > partitions. > > Now I feel silly! As neer as I can tell, all that I needed to do was to set the network.protocol-handler.app.http config option using the FULL PATH to the firefox binary. I did not need gconf, just a complete path. Thank you to all who responded. -- Marc Shapiro mshapiro_42@yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org