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?



Marc Shapiro


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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.

There might be a simpler way now, but that's how I did it with TB 1.4

Adam


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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.

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Boom. Sooner or later ... boom!

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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.


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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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Marc Shapiro wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Along these same lines if anyone is looking for the fix for Iceweasel,
IceDove, and Evolution:

I found that same thing to be true for Iceweasel with Evolution as I
could no longer open urls in emails in a browser without copying and
pasting them. I put /usr/bin/firefox %s(/usr/bin/firefox is a symbolic
link to Iceweasel) in the text box in "Preferred Applications" for the
preferred browser. Just the path alone will not work correctly. It
will open the browser or a new tab, but to the home page, not the url
just clicked on. The %s is required for opening the url found in the
email client.



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On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 05:38:33PM -0800, Marc Shapiro 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?
>

Have you tried going into Firefox preferences and setting Firefox as the
default browser again? When things got messed for me (using Debian
version on Sarge), I did that and everything went back to opening in
Firefox again.

Regards,

-Roberto

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