On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:43:30 +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > When I clicked on an http link in an email message in icedove, firefox > was started and the link appeared on a tab.
Fine. > Then I discovered that my firefox stopped working. Click on firefox: no > action. So I deleted firefox from the /usr/local tree and deleted > ~/.mozilla in case that was the problem (a duff plugin perhaps). Wow, that was too radical... how about finding first what the problem can be? :-) > Then, using elinks, I downloaded firefox version 11.0 from > www.mozilla.org and installed the contents of the tarball in > /usr/local/share/firefox. I then put a link to the firefox binary in my > own binary directory which is on my PATH. > > I then clicked on KDE Settings->System Settings->Default Applications > and made sure that firefox was the default browser. Then I logged out in > case that was needed. > > Now, when I click on a link in an email message in icedove, nothing > happens. No web-browser loaded. > > I noticed that /etc/alternatives/www-browser pointed to /usr/bin/elinks. For an X browser should be "update-alternatives --list x-www-browser". > So I tried the command > sudo apt-get purge elinks-lite Wowow, sir, you're a compulsive remover ;-D > but that purged elinks-lite and install konqueror which I definitely do > not want to use, 'cos I'm happy with firefox.Does clicking on a link now > load a web browser? No. Neither Konqueror? :-? > How can I get the web-browser loaded when I click on an email message > link? Anybody any ideas? > > Sincerely Try with "update-alternatives" but remember the leading "x". Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jms03h$o0u$1...@dough.gmane.org