[NTLUG:Discuss] Thunderbird stopped talking to Firefox?!?

[Steve Baker]

david wrote:
>> david wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> Hope this helps. I found it on a forum.
>>>
>>> To config thunderdird to use firefox for it's links:
>>> In Thunderbird
>>> Edit->Preferences
>>> then go:
>>> Advanced->General
>>>
>>> Click on 'Config Editor' and on editor check for a key:
>>> network.protocol-handler.app.http
>>> (you can make it if it doesn't exist) RIghtClick on the Config Editor 
>>> Background and
>>>
>>> 1. From the pop-up menu, select "New".
>>> 2. From the next pop-up menu, select "String".
>>> 3. In the pop-up dialog box "Enter preference name", enter 
>>> "network.protocol-handler.app.http" No Quotes
>>> 4. In the pop-up dialog box ?"network.protocol-handler.app.http" enter 
>>> /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
>>> and OK finish
>>>
>>
> Steve Baker wrote:
>> Nope - that doesn't work.  Thanks for trying!
>>
>>   
> I looked in my TB config and my "network.protocol-handler.app.http" is
> mozffremote which is a sym link to /usr/bin/firefox. Verify your path 
> and Firefox's name on your system.

I already did that - my FireFox is at /usr/bin/firefox (which I can
verify by typing that at the command line and seeing firefox come up
OK)...still no joy.  I even tried typing:

   /usr/bin/firefox http://www.google.com

...and that brought up another FF tab with Google in it in an existing
FF session.

It's weird because this was working for a fair amount of time before it
failed - and I'm pretty sure that updating FireFox is what triggered
that...although I only kinda gradually became aware of it - so that's
not 100% for sure.


  -- Steve