Description of problem: Thunderbird's OpenBrowser.sh command only works on the Gnome desktop. If it is unable to find the details in GConf then links fail to open. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Thunderbird 2.x Firefox 2.x FC7 - fully patched. How reproducible: Totally as it is a script error Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install KDE 2. Install Thunderbird 3. Install Firefox Open document in Thunderbird and select a url link in a document Actual results: Error box displayed. Expected results: Firefox either starts of moves to the url selected. Additional info:
It's only a workaround, sorry; can you try to do these steps? - close thunderbird - open ~/.thunderbird/default.mjl/prefs.js - add these lines: user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/path/of/browser"); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/path/of/browser"); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/path/of/browser"); - save the file - reopen thunderbird and try to open an URL link in a document. If you want to set Firefox as default KDE browser you have two ways to do it: - Open the Control Center, in menu KDE Components -> Component Chooser -> Web Browser, click in the following browser and type in firefox. - launch from one terminal: kcmshell componentchooser
default.mjl can be also "XXXXX.default".
We found that this bug has been already registered in the upstream database (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331089) and believe that it is more appropriate to let it be resolved upstream. Red Hat will continue to track the issue in the centralized upstream bug tracker, and will review any bug fixes that become available for consideration in future updates. Thank you for the bug report.