Firefox3 does not respond to links in Thunderbird

[kmarasco]

I inadvertently installed firefox3 and am having an issue with links not opening in firefox when clicked in thunderbird. Firefox does not open.

I also noticed in trying to figure this thing out that my firefox3 launcher hangs if application in terminal is selected in my Gnome launcher. Here's what I see in the terminal, and it seems like the same issue.

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+ moz_libdir=/usr/local/lib/firefox-3.0
+ found=0
+ progname=/opt/firefox/firefox
++ dirname /opt/firefox/firefox
+ curdir=/opt/firefox
++ basename /opt/firefox/firefox
+ progbase=firefox
+ run_moz=/opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh
+ test -x /opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh
+ dist_bin=/opt/firefox
+ found=1
+ '[' 1 = 0 ']'
+ script_args=
+ debugging=0
+ MOZILLA_BIN=firefox-bin
+ '[' linux-gnu = beos ']'
+ pass_arg_count=0
+ '[' 0 -gt 0 ']'
+ '[' 0 = 1 ']'
+ /opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh /opt/firefox/firefox-bin

After that the cursor just blinks in the terminal and firefox does not open.

Anybody experiencing this issue?

Thanks.

[coolsnowmen]

where is your firefox binary actually located, I have www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin 3.0_rc1 which has atleast one executable at /usr/bin/firefox-bin

To change thunderbird from using my previous install to my new one, I did this

close thunderbird
and take a look at ~/.thunderbird/*.default/prefs.js
if you do a search for network.protocol-handler.app.http
you should see something like "firefox" or maybe not
you can change it to whatever you want
I changed it to /usr/bin/firefox-bin
save the file
open thunderbird and test

you must close Thunderbird first, because Thunderbird reads this file at start, and rewrites the file at close.

[kmarasco]

Appreciated, but no such luck.

I did not have network.protocol-handler.app.http defined, and instead was having thunderbird use the default browser from the gnome settings. So I defined the variable and then tried all possible firefox executables in /usr/bin and /opt/firefox, but still no success.

I still think that thunderbird must be launching via a terminal command, because I get the same dead end when I set my firefox launcher to execute within a terminal.

Any other thoughts?

[coolsnowmen]

try adding them. again, quit thunderbird first

from my prefs.js

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

[coolsnowmen]

I still think that thunderbird must be launching via a terminal command, because I get the same dead end when I set my firefox launcher to execute within a terminal.

I'm sorry, I read that too fast. Are you saying that you can't launch firefox yourself from a x-terminal?

[kmarasco]

I still think that thunderbird must be launching via a terminal command, because I get the same dead end when I set my firefox launcher to execute within a terminal.

I'm sorry, I read that too fast. Are you saying that you can't launch firefox yourself from a x-terminal?

Bingo. I had said if I change my launcher to use a terminal, but same result if I open a terminal and type firefox. I get:

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kurtm@zv6000-wired ~ $ firefox
+ moz_libdir=/usr/local/lib/firefox-3.0
+ found=0
+ progname=/opt/firefox/firefox
++ dirname /opt/firefox/firefox
+ curdir=/opt/firefox
++ basename /opt/firefox/firefox
+ progbase=firefox
+ run_moz=/opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh
+ test -x /opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh
+ dist_bin=/opt/firefox
+ found=1
+ '[' 1 = 0 ']'
+ script_args=
+ debugging=0
+ MOZILLA_BIN=firefox-bin
+ '[' linux-gnu = beos ']'
+ pass_arg_count=0
+ '[' 0 -gt 0 ']'
+ '[' 0 = 1 ']'
+ /opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh /opt/firefox/firefox-bin

The last line is a blinking cursor.

I think that it must be some type of permissions issue because I can launch from a root terminal. Not sure what might be different, but, even though firefox starts, I do get a warning when launching from a root terminal:

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+ found=0
+ progname=/opt/firefox/firefox
++ dirname /opt/firefox/firefox
+ curdir=/opt/firefox
++ basename /opt/firefox/firefox
+ progbase=firefox
+ run_moz=/opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh
+ test -x /opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh
+ dist_bin=/opt/firefox
+ found=1
+ '[' 1 = 0 ']'
+ script_args=
+ debugging=0
+ MOZILLA_BIN=firefox-bin
+ '[' linux-gnu = beos ']'
+ pass_arg_count=0
+ '[' 0 -gt 0 ']'
+ '[' 0 = 1 ']'
+ /opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh /opt/firefox/firefox-bin

(firefox-bin:12791): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

[kmarasco]

When I run Firefox from my user (non privileged terminal), it does start 2 processes, but the Firefox window does not open.

firefox-bin starts with the command /opt/firefox/firefox-bin
and
firefox starts with the command /bin/sh /opt/firefox/firefox

I'm viewing the processes with Gnome system monitor

[kmarasco]

I ran "firefox -setDefaultBrowser" from the command line and now can open firefox3 from an unprivledged terminal window. Still can't open via link in thunderbird.

[BdON]

try adding them. again, quit thunderbird first

from my prefs.js

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

Thanks! I have been living with this annoyance of having to copy link, paste in firefox, for quite some time now. I have never tried to fix it because it doesn't happen too frequently. I came across this thread and that solution worked for me.

[coolsnowmen]

I'm glad I helped someone, I'm beginning to think this is a gnome-environment issue I don't understand (me=kde/e17 person)

[kmarasco]

I'm glad I helped someone, I'm beginning to think this is a gnome-environment issue I don't understand (me=kde/e17 person)

You helped me too. I was abl to rule out some possibilities

This is a weird issue. I actually ruled out the permissions issue by temporarily setting up Thunderbird on the root account. Links still fail.

[ezfox]

wanna say that i have the same problem here

what i find with "ps aux|grep firefox" after click on a link in thunderbird is:

"/bin/sh /opt/firefox/firefox http://google.de"
"/bin/sh /opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh /opt/firefox/firefox-bin http://google.de"
"opt/firefox/firefox-bin http://google.de"

but no window goes up.

when i try any of this 3 commands in a xterm, it works fine.

greetz, ezfox

[kmarasco]

wanna say that i have the same problem here
greetz, ezfox

I have it sort of working, but changed too many things at the same time and don't really know what I did to get it to work. Below is my theory. I have a compiled version of firefox2 on my system and firefox3 from binary.

I renamed the "firefox" link in /usr/bin to "firefox2". I have my thunderbird "network.protocol-handler.app.http" setting set to "/usr/bin/firefox2"

If firefox is closed and I click on a link in thunderbird, I get firefox2, but if firefox3 is already open, the link opens in firefox3. I haven't been able to get tbird to open the initial link in firefox3 even if I set the protocol handler appropriately. I always get the 3 processes starting, as per your post, but no window.

I believe that the mozilla-launcher code is properly finding an existing instance of firefox3 once firefox3 is already open. I know that mozilla-launcher is not supposed to be used for firefox3, but that is the only thing that makes it work for me.

[ezfox]

Because i have the problem also with stable releases of Thunderbird and Firefox, i would like to have this thread moved away from the "unsupported" forum.
I filed a report to get this done...

[ezfox]

umm....i tried it again now and it is working.

looks like it is a firefox3-problem. i did a downgrade to ff2 but it still didnt work then.
but after a reboot now it is working just fine.

[kmarasco]

umm....i tried it again now and it is working.

looks like it is a firefox3-problem. i did a downgrade to ff2 but it still didnt work then.
but after a reboot now it is working just fine.

So do you only have firefox 3 on your system?

[ezfox]

So do you only have firefox 3 on your system?

i had - after the downgrade to FF2 and a reboot it now works fine.
when i have the time i will have a look if there is a bugreport for FF3 for this problem already.

greetz !

[Montolio]

Hi!

I had the same problem!

The solution was to reassign the default browser in gnome! thats all!

[MadEgg]

And how do you do that?

I've been having this problem since I installed Firefox3-bin, and nothing has worked. I added the protocol-handler stuff to prefs.js, I ran 'firefox -setDefaultBrowser', but nothing works.

I also get three processes after clicking a link in thunderbird:

/bin/sh /opt/firefox/firefox http://www.mozilla-europe.org/nl/support/
/bin/sh /opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh /opt/firefox/firefox-bin http://www.mozilla-europe.org/nl/support/
/opt/firefox/firefox-bin http://www.mozilla-europe.org/nl/support/

Running the first two from a terminal starts Firefox with the correct page, and when I run the third one from a terminal I get this:

/opt/firefox/firefox-bin: /usr/lib/nss/libnss3.so: version `NSS_3.12' not found (required by /opt/firefox/libxul.so)

Any clues to get this working again?

[MadEgg]

*kick*

[armin76]

What problem are you having? Firefox not opening thunderbird links?

[MadEgg]

Yes, that is the problem.

I have www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-3.0and mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.16 installed and they don't work together apparently. mailto links in Firefox do open in Thunderbird, but URL's clicked in Thunderbird do not open in Firefox...

[MadEgg]

I just tried removing my firefox and thunderbird profiles, starting fresh but that doesn't fix it either...

[MadEgg]

Would it make any difference to not use the binary version?

[MadEgg]

I just removed the binary version, compiled the source code, removed all profiles and stuff, still no cigar.

If anyone IS able to open their links from thunderbird in firefox 3, can they tell me what exactly they did?