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Firefox, Thunderbird and Debian, oh my *fixed*

#4579128 - 08/25/05 01:13 PM (20 years, 11 months ago)

I have a persistant issue now that I have upgraded from firefox 1.0.2 and thunderbird 1.0.1 (I think) to now firefox 1.0.4 and thunderbird 1.0.2 on debian.

when I click on a link in thunderbird it will either open a browser, then immediately close it or if there is already a broswer open, it will bring up the profile manager, after which it will also close upon any button push (I can't even create a new profile).

when thunderbird opens a link, it is set to refer to /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser which in turn, points to /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin

I've tried removing the profiles and creating new ones (for both thunderbird and firefox) but the most I can get out of firefox after spawning a browser is the page loading, THEN closing...

any ideas?

or any ideas on where/who to ask?

as it stands right now, I'm copying and pasting the links.
oh yeah; I can't download files either :sad:

/me cusses at apt-get upgrade

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Edited by blinkidiot (08/25/05 01:57 PM)

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Le_Canard
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Re: Firefox, Thunderbird and Debian oh my...

[Re: blink]
#4579417 - 08/25/05 01:33 PM (20 years, 11 months ago)

You might want to try the MozillaZine Forums. It's a good place to get answers about all things Mozilla! :thumbup:

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Vvellum
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Re: Firefox, Thunderbird and Debian, oh my *fixed*

[Re: blink]
#4581901 - 08/25/05 10:04 PM (20 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

when thunderbird opens a link, it is set to refer to /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser which in turn, points to /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin

how do you set this? links do nothing for me in thunderbird using ubuntu.

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delta9
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Re: Firefox, Thunderbird and Debian, oh my *fixed*

[Re: Vvellum]
#4583079 - 08/26/05 03:14 AM (20 years, 11 months ago)

Ubuntu != debian. Alternatives is a debian thing, iirc. It may or may not be part of Ubuntu.

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Re: Firefox, Thunderbird and Debian, oh my *fixed*

[Re: delta9]
#4594852 - 08/29/05 11:30 AM (20 years, 11 months ago)

delta9 said:

Ubuntu != debian. Alternatives is a debian thing, iirc. It may or may not be part of Ubuntu.

Does Ubuntu still have appt get thingy?

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Vvellum
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Re: Firefox, Thunderbird and Debian, oh my *fixed*

[Re: Fungi_x]
#4598399 - 08/30/05 08:03 AM (20 years, 11 months ago)

yes

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