(OT) Can't get upstream Thunderbird to send http:// to upstream Firefox
I am running Sarge and have the Sarge packages for Thunderbird and
Firefox installed. If I click on a URL in an e-mail the link opens in
Firefox.
I just DL/d Firefox 2.0 because my wife used it at work and really liked
it. I untarred the file in my home directory to try it out. It picked
up all of my bookmarks and configurations and everything seemed fine. I
then moved the firefox directory from my home directory to /usr/lib/ and
changed /etc/alternatives/firefox to point to it. I left
/etc/alternatives/mozilla-firefox pointing to the debian version so I
could start either one. I also changes /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser
to point to the new version. I could then start either version (though
not both at the same time) and all seemed to be going well, until I
tried to click on a URL in Thunderbird (still the debian version).
Nothing happened. I also found that it no longer worked even if I had
the debian version of Firefox running. I then DL'd the new Thunderbird
(1.5.x) from mozilla.org and tried it. No luck. No combination allowed
URLs to open in Firefox when clicked in Thunderbird.
Then I changed /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser back to point to the
debian version of Firefox and I could get the URLs to open correctly if
I had debian's Thunderbird and Firefox running, but only then.
Obviously, thge debian versions are working fine and playing well
together, but I would like the new versions. Does anyone have a
direction that they could point me in to get the upstream versions
working (preferrably with each other AND with debian versions).
I see that mozilla-thunderbird 1.5.0.7 is available at backports.org,
but that firefox 2.0.X is not. Besides, with all of the licensing
issues, once Etch goes stable if I upgrade to it, then I might not have
debian packages for either Thunderbird, or Firefox. I've given up on
trying to outguess debian and mozilla on that subject and I don't want
to be caught in the middle of it. If I just use the mozilla.org
packages then I know what I have to work with and don't need to worry
about rebranded packages and licensing issues.
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Marc Shapiro
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