Firefox doesn't open from clicking on link Thunderbird

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#1

OS 11.2 Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 and FF 3.5.4 Clicking on a link in an email doesn’t call FF. How do I make the connection?

I had OS 11.2 RC2 it worked fine after upgrading to GM it broke the connection.

Thanks,
Ron

#2

Hi Ron,

IMHO The “Default Application” system settings has a bug or is broken.

I have a workaround so that you can launch Firefox from within Thunderbird.

Please read refer to my earlier post below: **Cannot launch URL from Thunderbird 3.04b to Firefox"
**

Good Luck!

#3

That didn’t work,:frowning:
Ron

#4

Hi,

A solution : Cannot launch URL from Thunderbird 3.04b to Firefox - openSUSE Forums

#5

Well this is documented in a bug report:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551333

A workaround seems to me is to add into ~/.kde4/Autostart/firefox

the two lines:

gconftool-2 -s --type=string /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command "/usr/bin/firefox \"%s\""
gconftool-2 -s --type=string /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command "/usr/bin/firefox \"%s\""

Don’t forget to make the file executable. I do not have another solution at the moment, but it works for me.

Regards,
Dennis

#6

Ah ha!! From what I read in Novell Bugzilla, this originally started as a possible GNOME packaging problem.

I know for a fact this worked ( Thunderbird and Firefox ) in 11.2 Milestone 1 through Milestone 8. It was broken by the time 11.2 RC1, RC2 and openSUSE 11.2 were available.

Any thoughts?

#7

This a follow up to the bug found about Thunderbird not being able to start up Firefox.

  • Add the Stable 4.3.1 Core link to Yast
  • Click on Switch system packages to the versions in the repository openSUSE 11.2 Stable Core 4.3.1
  • After updating - Log out and reboot your system

Add this link to Yast below:

[Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.2](http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.2/)

Good Luck!

#8

After updating the 4.3.1 Stable Core library in openSUSE 11.2, Thunderbird now launches Firefox in KDE-4.3.1.

Let me know how it turns out.

Good Luck!

#9

I don’t understand. How do you do this?

[/QUOTE]Add this link to Yast below:[/QUOTE]

Done.

[Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.2](http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.2/)

Good Luck![/QUOTE]

Thanks, we will get there eventually.
Ron

#10

  1. Navigate to the taskbar - far left corner and click on the green gecko

  2. Select Computer → Yast - Type in your password

  3. Navigate to Software → Add-On Products. This will start the Package Manager.

  4. Click on the Add button -->Specify URL → Click on the Next buttton

  5. Copy and paste the link I provided in the “URL field” and create a name in the Repository Name field i.e. Stable 4.3.1

    The rest is straight forward about updating the software.

#11

Sorry, but where can I find this functionality?

Click on Switch system packages to the versions in the repository openSUSE 11.2 Stable Core 4.3.1

Is it within the Package Manager? And what’s the difference, I mean isn’t KDE 4.3.1 we all have when installing OpenSuse 11.2? Or is the “official” 4.3.1 something else than the one in the rep?

Thanks,
Dennis

#12

After you add the Repository URL of the KDE 4.3.1 Stable Core, restart the Yast Package Manager. Maximize the Package Manager to a full screen.

In the Name column -on the left side of the Package Manager, click once on the KDE-4.3.1 Stable Core repo.

Select View → Repositories. On the Repositories tab, you will see:

|
| Switch system packages to the versions in this repository(name of repo)| |
|________________________________________________________

Click once on it to activate the update.

In the meantime I’ve found any easier fix for the Thunderbird - Firefox problem.

See below:

After reviewing Novell Bugzilla, I have found the easiest fix until an update will be available.

The following steps are as follows:

Open konsole or xterm and type in the following first line:

gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command '/usr/bin/firefox %s' --type String

Press the [enter] key.

gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command '/usr/bin/firefox %s' --type String

Press the [enter] key once more.

Close konsole or xterm and restart Thunderbird.

  •  Navigate to Tools --> Add-ons and click on "Browse All Add-ons"
  • You will now see Firefox launch every time including Help Contents, Release Notes and What’s new

It works!!

#13

BTW The KDE-4.3.1 Stable Repo includes the most recent patches since 11.2 had been released.

#14

Thank you very much, didn’t know this feature of the package manager.

The easy solution you find is the one I used so far (as stated above) :slight_smile:

#15

Same problem here

(openSUSE 11.2, Thunderbird 3.0b4, Firefox 3.5.5)

#16

Hi Folks,

I have tired all of the solutions noted here and I am still not able to make links in thunderbird open firefox. (I even tried making a sym link from enigma to firefox) Can anyone suggest how to see what is going on under the scenes?

Thanks.