[SOLVED] Thunderbird 3.0 update - broke link to FF

[silverbirch]

Did you try the solutions I did (as above)?  It worked for me.

Regards the two lines Texstar offered - I simply copied and pasted into a terminal, as realised the command in itself would send the message to the file the lines suggested.

mkdir  -  to make that file

then the next line to direct the output to that file.I THINK anyway.  If not, near enough for me ....  Not that Linux is a "near enough" thing :-)

[CheeseQueen452]

For those having this problem, here's the EASIEST solution. Open the config editor & look for the 3 entries below. Then right-click, choose "modify", then change the value from "mozffremote" to "firefox". That's it! No need to run commands in the terminal, or edit some obscure file. I keep seeing people posting long/complicated solutions which take several steps, but that isn't necessary. It can also be too confusing for the not-so-computer-savvy person My solution here is MUCH shorter & easier!

network.protocol-handler.app.ftp
network.protocol-handler.app.http
network.protocol-handler.app.https

[spinoza]

For those having this problem, here's the EASIEST solution. Open the config editor & look for the 3 entires below. Then right-click, choose "modify", then change the value from "mozffremote" to "firefox". That's it! No need to run commands in the terminal, or edit some obscure file. I keep seeing people posting long/complicated solutions which take several steps, but that isn't necessary. It can also be too confusing for the not-so-computer-savvy person My solution here is MUCH shorter & easier!

network.protocol-handler.app.ftp
network.protocol-handler.app.http
network.protocol-handler.app.https

Yes it would be very much easier - if it worked for all of us :-)
But it does not, I tried that as the first thing with no luck.

Might there be different solutions needed for PCLOS 2009 versus MiniMe?

[The Chief]

For those having this problem, here's the EASIEST solution.

Yeah - tried that, with all possible combinations, no help.  Probably because I cannot find anything named just "firefox" for that command to invoke.   

[horusfalcon]

For those having this problem, here's the EASIEST solution.

Yeah - tried that, with all possible combinations, no help.  Probably because I cannot find anything named just "firefox" for that command to invoke.  

You will if you look in /usr/bin/.  /usr/bin/firefox is a symbolic link to /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.5/firefox, (or whichever version you're running) which is the actual executable.  (All that should change is the version number...)

So far I've tried editing the config file with every possible combination of short and full paths, etc., from the config editor in Thunderbird, and by editing ~home/.thunderbird-3.0/<cryptic stuff>.default/prefs.js by hand using Kate.  No cigar as yet.  I'm missing something really stupid, because I've seen this several times before (and it was always something really obscure, but really simple).  Since my last post I've even tried calling Konqueror to see if Firefox was the problem and, no, that didn't work either.

What I don't get is why Firefox and Thunderbird, two products from the same group of developers, won't play nice with each other just by default.  This should be a no-brainer.  I wonder if this is a file system standards thingy?

I'm intrigued by the suggestion to create an /etc/thunderbird.conf.  It's all I haven't tried yet.  Okay, I guess that's next.

(Sooner or later, enough of us monkeys at enough keyboards are gonna figure this out by dint of brute force if nothing else... )

[CheeseQueen452]

Sorry if it didn't work for you. Perhaps a different solution is needed for "MiniMe", as you suggest? I've never heard of MiniMe, is that a "stripped down" version of PCLOS?

Yes it would be very much easier - if it worked for all of us :-)
But it does not, I tried that as the first thing with no luck.

Might there be different solutions needed for PCLOS 2009 versus MiniMe?

[spinoza]

I've never heard of MiniMe, is that a "stripped down" version of PCLOS?

Exactly what it is :-)

[frosterrj]

so what's with this part of the TBird config?



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[frosterrj]

I am striking out everywhere....

Changed about:config options to firefox, no dice
Ran Tex's gconftool commands, no dice.
Changed about:config options from firefox to the /usr/lib.....open-browser.sh, no dice.
Add exec firefox to above script, no dice
change about:config back to firefox, no dice.


This is one tough little cookie....

[AndrzejL]

From what I have seen this problem is dependent on the version of PCLinuxOS that one is using.

I used to have problem with Google Earth and Firefox connection. Each time I was trying to view photos it was coming up with error that pclinuxos-mozilla-firefox wasn't found. Adding one stable symlink fixed this issue. Then I saw similar problem with skype. Adding one folder and a stable symlike fixed that persons problem too. I am using Thunderbird and Firefox and I never had a problem with the connection between them. The only 2 things I have done are in the solution in my previous post.

I saw this on the first page of this thread:

Andy > Thanks a lot! After having spend loads of time on different peoples suggestions I finally found yours and it works!!
It works with default protocol handlers (/usr/bin/firefox)
Without any entries in the user.js file (As suggested in another thread)

It seems like some update deleted/broke som files that your solution repairs?

Yes hopefully it will work allround. I should say that I am using 2009 MiniMe too.

So this basicly means - if You have MiniMe 09 my fix should be sufficient to fix Your thunderbird problem. However some folks were reporting that it failed to solve it... Possible is that this solution works with MiniMe 09 only.

What do You think?

Andy

EDIT: Just another though... BleachBit... It deletes some "unused" files in the system. Have anyone of you used it? I didnt. Maybe it has deleted some symlinks from the system and that is causing a massive problem with TB / FF connection?

[Texstar]

I am striking out everywhere....

Changed about:config options to firefox, no dice
Ran Tex's gconftool commands, no dice.
Changed about:config options from firefox to the /usr/lib.....open-browser.sh, no dice.
Add exec firefox to above script, no dice
change about:config back to firefox, no dice.


This is one tough little cookie....

Lets try to make this simple. Click on Edit ->  Preferences -> Manage Addons -> Get Addons

Select Thunderbrowse. This addon will let you either browse links from within Thunderbird. No need to launch a browser orrrr you can select what browser you want to launch when a linked is clicked! Maybe this addon will work for you since you say none of the other options work on your install.

Goodluck and may the bird be with you.
 

[frosterrj]

Yes this does work!!  But the setup is a little iffy.  After a few tries, it does actually open up in a new tab in Firefox, in the beginning, just a new tab within Tbird.

Thanks,
Robert

[NoIBnds]

Goodluck and may the bird be with you.

Tex just gave us the BIRD-- LMAO   

[Alabama978]

Thanks all for your suggestions,

I've tried all of the suggestions as I did way back a long time ago before PCLOS 2009 was even started as a project.  Back then I never found a solution either but one of the updated versions of Tbird worked once I set the three lines in the Config editor. 

That was until last night when I did a full upgrade of packages.

I guess it's back to cut and paste URL's from Tbird messages, and wait for a new version with a fix   

[Rudge]

For those having this problem, here's the EASIEST solution. Open the config editor & look for the 3 entries below. Then right-click, choose "modify", then change the value from "mozffremote" to "firefox". That's it! No need to run commands in the terminal, or edit some obscure file. I keep seeing people posting long/complicated solutions which take several steps, but that isn't necessary. It can also be too confusing for the not-so-computer-savvy person My solution here is MUCH shorter & easier!

network.protocol-handler.app.ftp
network.protocol-handler.app.http
network.protocol-handler.app.https

The line that counts the most is the network.protocol-handler.app.http, you have to put in the whole name. It is /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.x/firefox

Look to see what version of Firefox you are using and replace the x with whatever version you have. If you are current it should be a 5.

I think