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zephyrus17

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Registered: 2008-06-15

Posts: 323

Swiftdove won't open links in Firefox

When I click the links they won't open in Firefox.

Preferred Applications has

/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/firefox %s

as my custom browser

Here is the "~/.swiftdove/e8ftools5.default/pres.js" of Swiftdove. You'll notice that I've attempted to route it to "/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/firefox %s", but with no success.

# Mozilla User Preferences

/* Do not edit this file.
 *
 * If you make changes to this file while the application is running,
 * the changes will be overwritten when the application exits.
 *
 * To make a manual change to preferences, you can visit the URL about:config
 * For more information, see http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html#prefs
 */

user_pref("app.update.lastUpdateTime.addon-background-update-timer", 1221142061);
user_pref("app.update.lastUpdateTime.background-update-timer", 1221142061);
user_pref("app.update.lastUpdateTime.blocklist-background-update-timer", 1221142061);
user_pref("browser.throbber.url", "http://swiftweasel.tuxfamily.org/");
user_pref("calendar.categories.names", "Anniversary,Birthday,Business,Calls,Clients,Competition,Customer,Favorites,Follow up,Gifts,Holidays,Ideas,Issues,Miscellaneous,Personal,Projects,Public Holiday,Status,Suppliers,Travel,Vacation");
user_pref("calendar.timezone.local", "/mozilla.org/20071231_1/Australia/Adelaide");
user_pref("extensions.lastAppVersion", "2.0.0.16");
user_pref("intl.charsetmenu.mailview.cache", "UTF-8, ISO-8859-1");
user_pref("ldap_2.prefs_migrated", true);
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.default.filename", "default.mab");
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.default.replication.lastChangeNumber", 0);
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.default.uri", "moz-abldapdirectory://default.mab");
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.history.replication.lastChangeNumber", 0);
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.pab.replication.lastChangeNumber", 0);
user_pref("mail.account.account1.server", "server1");
user_pref("mail.account.account2.identities", "id1");
user_pref("mail.account.account2.server", "server2");
user_pref("mail.accountmanager.accounts", "account1,account2");
user_pref("mail.accountmanager.defaultaccount", "account2");
user_pref("mail.accountmanager.localfoldersserver", "server1");
user_pref("mail.attachment.store.version", 1);
user_pref("mail.biff.play_sound.type", 1);
user_pref("mail.biff.play_sound.url", "file:///home/gary/Documents/Thunderbird%20New%20Mail%202.wav");
user_pref("mail.folder.views.version", 1);
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.draft_folder", "mailbox://nobody@Local%20Folders/Drafts");
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.drafts_folder_picker_mode", "0");
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.fcc_folder", "mailbox://nobody@Local%20Folders/Sent");
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.fcc_folder_picker_mode", "0");
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.fullName", "Gary Cai");
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.smtpServer", "smtp1");
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.stationery_folder", "mailbox://nobody@Local%20Folders/Templates");
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.tmpl_folder_picker_mode", "0");
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.useremail", "garycai997@gmail.com");
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.valid", true);
user_pref("mail.preferences.advanced.selectedTabIndex", 0);
user_pref("mail.preferences.display.selectedTabIndex", 1);
user_pref("mail.root.none", "/home/gary/.swiftdove/e8ftool5.default/Mail");
user_pref("mail.root.none-rel", "[ProfD]Mail");
user_pref("mail.root.pop3", "/home/gary/.swiftdove/e8ftool5.default/Mail");
user_pref("mail.root.pop3-rel", "[ProfD]Mail");
user_pref("mail.server.server1.directory", "/home/gary/.swiftdove/e8ftool5.default/Mail/Local Folders");
user_pref("mail.server.server1.directory-rel", "[ProfD]Mail/Local Folders");
user_pref("mail.server.server1.hostname", "Local Folders");
user_pref("mail.server.server1.name", "Local Folders");
user_pref("mail.server.server1.type", "none");
user_pref("mail.server.server1.userName", "nobody");
user_pref("mail.server.server2.check_time", 1);
user_pref("mail.server.server2.defer_get_new_mail", true);
user_pref("mail.server.server2.deferred_to_account", "account1");
user_pref("mail.server.server2.directory", "/home/gary/.swiftdove/e8ftool5.default/Mail/pop.gmail.com");
user_pref("mail.server.server2.directory-rel", "[ProfD]Mail/pop.gmail.com");
user_pref("mail.server.server2.download_on_biff", true);
user_pref("mail.server.server2.hostname", "pop.gmail.com");
user_pref("mail.server.server2.login_at_startup", true);
user_pref("mail.server.server2.name", "garycai997@gmail.com");
user_pref("mail.server.server2.port", 995);
user_pref("mail.server.server2.socketType", 3);
user_pref("mail.server.server2.type", "pop3");
user_pref("mail.server.server2.userName", "garycai997");
user_pref("mail.smtp.defaultserver", "smtp1");
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.auth_method", 1);
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.hostname", "smtp.gmail.com");
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.port", 465);
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.try_ssl", 3);
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.username", "garycai997");
user_pref("mail.smtpservers", "smtp1");
user_pref("mail.spam.version", 1);
user_pref("mail.startup.enabledMailCheckOnce", true);
user_pref("mailnews.quotingPrefs.version", 1);
user_pref("mailnews.start_page.enabled", false);
user_pref("mailnews.start_page_override.mstone", "1.8.1.16");
user_pref("mailnews.tags.$label1.color", "#FF0000");
user_pref("mailnews.tags.$label1.tag", "Important");
user_pref("mailnews.tags.$label2.color", "#FF9900");
user_pref("mailnews.tags.$label2.tag", "Work");
user_pref("mailnews.tags.$label3.color", "#009900");
user_pref("mailnews.tags.$label3.tag", "Personal");
user_pref("mailnews.tags.$label4.color", "#3333FF");
user_pref("mailnews.tags.$label4.tag", "To Do");
user_pref("mailnews.tags.$label5.color", "#993399");
user_pref("mailnews.tags.$label5.tag", "Later");
user_pref("mailnews.tags.version", 2);
user_pref("mailnews.ui.junk.firstuse", false);
user_pref("mailnews.ui.threadpane.version", 5);
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/firefox %s");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/firefox %s");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/firefox %s");
user_pref("wallet.caveat", true);

Jack B

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Registered: 2006-06-27

Posts: 107

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Re: Swiftdove won't open links in Firefox

Maybe I'm being dense, but shouldn't that be /usr/bin/firefox ?

zephyrus17

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Registered: 2008-06-15

Posts: 323

Re: Swiftdove won't open links in Firefox

/usr/bin/firefox just links to /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/firefox

firecat53

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From: Sammamish, Wa

Registered: 2007-05-14

Posts: 1,314

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Re: Swiftdove won't open links in Firefox

I'm also having this problem with swiftdove. I have the protocol-handler lines in the profile folder/prefs.js :

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/bin/firefox");

Anyone know what else to check? I've looked at the mimeTypes.rdf file, but I don't see anything there applicable to http filetypes.

Thanks,
Scott

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Xinix

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Registered: 2008-03-14

Posts: 83

Re: Swiftdove won't open links in Firefox

I have found it is a problem with the Arch implementation of Firefox. At least that is what it looks like.

I tried everything and could not get it to work (in my case: opening http links from Thunderbird in Firefox). I _could_ open the http links in any other app, e.g. kwrite, konqueror, Gimp (just for testing a non KDE app...).

So: I checked the /usr/lib/firefox_3.0.3 folder and found out that the executable is invoked directly. In debian, or in the static binary from mozilla, there is a script in place that later calls the binary. So for some reason or other the call fails (dbus??), and teh app does not launch.

I installed the static firefox binary from mozilla and that works a treat. Did the same for Thunderbird by the way, since Arch is at 2.00.16 whereas version 2.00.17 has been out for a while.