Hi Experts,
Greetings! Can any one help me on this below issue. 1. How to set or change the default settings for the application opening from Firefox. Example : When we are trying to open Excel file (.xls) from Firefox the file is opening by default with Star office. It can be changed to Open office. So Customer wants to put the settings globally to all the users to open with open office instead of Star Office. Can you please guide us for this query, It will be great full to you all. Thanks and regards M. Subramanian. Alfred Peng wrote: Hi Subramanian, We had some connection last Friday, but I'm sorry that the problem persists. Maybe it's better if I can have direct GUI access to that environment. Since I suspect the problem is related to gnome file association, I'd recommend to ask in desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org. Some GNOME experts might be able to help. Cheers, -Alfred On 04/ 8/09 01:55 PM, Alfred Peng wrote: > Hi Subramanian, > > Oops, forgot to add the attachment just now. Resend to include the > attachment. > > Sorry for the inconvenience. > > -Alfred > > Subramanian M wrote: > >> Hi Alfred >> >> Greetings. >> >> Thanks for your immediate reply. Please explain me the following >> >> "/usr/lib/firefox/defaults/profile/mimeTypes.rdf" first and *then copy >> ------>>> Have you sent any attachment to me(Because I couldn't see the >> attachment) >> the attached file *to "/usr/lib/firefox/defaults/profile". Create a new >> profile with "firefox --no-remote -P" and try to open .xls file again. >> Please make sure that openoffice is available at /usr/bin/openoffice. >> Otherwise, update the attached file accordingly to point to the executabl >> If I understood wrongly, Please correct me. Which file the customer >> need to copy. >> >> Thanks and Regards >> >> M. Subramanian >> >> On 04/ 8/09 01:14 PM, Alfred Peng wrote: >> >>> Hi Subramanian, >>> >>> Subramanian M wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi Alfred >>>> >>>> >>>> Greetings. >>>> >>>> Customer tried this, but it is not coming through. Is there any other >>>> way to fix this. >>>> >>>> >>> Please back up the system file >>> "/usr/lib/firefox/defaults/profile/mimeTypes.rdf" first and then copy >>> the attached file to "/usr/lib/firefox/defaults/profile". Create a new >>> profile with "firefox --no-remote -P" and try to open .xls file again. >>> Please make sure that openoffice is available at /usr/bin/openoffice. >>> Otherwise, update the attached file accordingly to point to the executable. >>> >>> >>>> And find the below query from customer on the give procedure. >>>> "Please update if new tabs can be disabled in firefox globally. If there >>>> is any link which describes these procedures, please update us so that we >>>> don't bother you with these queries. " >>>> >>>> >>> Google is always your friend. I search a little bit and that points me >>> to the addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1938, >>> though I don't quite understand why the customer wants to disable this >>> cool feature. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -Alfred >>> >>> >>>> Alfred can you help me on this query. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks in Advance >>>> >>>> regards >>>> >>>> M. Subramanian. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 04/ 6/09 02:08 PM, Alfred Peng wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Subramanian, >>>>> >>>>> One possible way to go is to update the /etc/mailcap file on the >>>>> Solaris box. This file contains different pairs for {mimetype, >>>>> default application}. For Excel file (.xls), you could update the >>>>> lines with "excel" and change the "default application" to point to >>>>> openoffice instead of StartOffice. >>>>> >>>>> For example, I have the line like below in /etc/mailcap: >>>>> >>>>> application/vnd.ms-excel; /usr/bin/soffice -view %s >>>>> >>>>> And I can change it to something like: >>>>> >>>>> application/vnd.ms-excel; /usr/bin/openoffice -view %s >>>>> >>>>> Then Firefox should open files with .xls extension with OpenOffice. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this help, >>>>> >>>>> -Alfred >>>>> >>>>> Subramanian M wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Alfed >>>>>> >>>>>> Greetings. >>>>>> >>>>>> The information on the settings is very useful. Customer applied the >>>>>> settings and found it is working fine. Now we have got another query >>>>>> from the customer as below. >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. How to set or change the default settings for the application >>>>>> opening from Firefox. >>>>>> >>>>>> Example : When we are trying to open Excel file (.xls) from Firefox >>>>>> the file is opening by default with Star office. It can be changed >>>>>> to Open office. So Customer wants to put the settings globally to >>>>>> all the users to open with open office instead of Star Office. >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you please guide us for this query, It will be great full to you. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in Advance. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> >>>>>> M. Subramanian >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 03/28/09 00:43, Alfred Peng wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Subramanian, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Subramanian M wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Experts >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Greetings. >>>>>>>> a) We want to set global parameter for all users in 'Firefox' to >>>>>>>> clear thecache when any user closes the firefox session. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> You could update the file (defaults/pref/firefox.js) in the Firefox >>>>>>> directory. For my system Firefox, that's /usr/lib/firefox. Change >>>>>>> the line: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> pref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", false); >>>>>>> >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> >>>>>>> pref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true); >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please refer to: >>>>>>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_FAQs_:_About:config_Entries#Privacy..2A >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> b) Firefox should not ask for accepting certificate for few https >>>>>>>> sites. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> This might be helpful: >>>>>>> http://iiegn.blogspot.com/2008/04/firefox-and-system-wide.html. But >>>>>>> I didn't try that. Some other guys might know better about the >>>>>>> certificate issue. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> c) If firefox crashes , the core is getting generated in >>>>>>>> $USERHOME, shouldbe redirected to /temp or somewhere else. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> % coreadm -i '/tmp/core' >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hope this help, >>>>>>> -Alfred >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Your earlier response will be appreciated. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks and Regards >>>>>>>> > > -- <http://www.sun.com> *Subramanian.M* Customer Enabled Services *Sun Microsystems, Inc.* Australia : 1800-555-786 India : 1800-4254-786 New Zealand : 0800-275-786 Singapore : 1800-339-2786 Email subramanian.m at sun.com <http://www.sun.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/desktop-discuss/attachments/20090423/66c531a6/attachment.html>
