steve wrote:
G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote:
> Recently Ive had a problem with thunderbird and firefox wherein an
> http::// link gets changed to a file:/// link somewhere between
> clicking the link in thunderbird and the link opening in Firefox.
I'll assume you meant http:// ...
>
> I've prowled through the advanced config controls of both apps and see
> no obvious transformations. I've disabled all extensions in Firefox
> (especially NoScript) but the problem persists. I've even uninstalled
> and re-installed Firefox to see if that helps.
I'd suspect a thunderbird extension rather than a firefox one.
I've also tried disabling and re-enabling those extensions too.
About to try re-installing thunderbird.
- What does the URL show in the bottom status bar when you hover your
mouse over the link ?
an http://... link as expected
- What shows up if you right click on the link, copy the link
location
and paste it into firefox ?
that also works as expected, so it's somewhere in the automagic
processing stuff.
I just took a quick peek at thunderbird's advanced config
(Edit->Preferences->Advanced->General->config editor) and found the
parameter
network.protocol-handler.app.http very interesting. On my system the
value is:
/usr/lib64/thunderbird-2.0.0.19/open-browser.sh
It's probably a good idea to debug what that script does to your URL.
Easy enough to read the script and see that it calls the gnome-open
applet. An examination of the strings(1) content of gnome-open doesn't
reveal anything that could be doing it.
Also, checking the "Preferred Applications" settings in Gnome don't show
anything unexpected. (Examined both via the gui and gconf-editor.)
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G. Wolfe Woodbury