I tried and catched the problem. Firefox is run with the option "-I"
which doesn't exist with firefox. To fix this change the line firefox
$* against firefox ${*#-I}.For me everything works fine this way. What did you mean by saying that nothing starts? Mike 2009/9/3 Oleg Bezorudko-Chyrykalov <[email protected]>: > Hey Mike, > After I do: > $ cd /usr/local/bin > $ cat > moblin-web-browser << EOF > #!/bin/sh > firefox $* > EOF > it tells me: > bash: moblin-web-browser: Permission denied > So I used "su" to login as a root and did everything. > Now, however, when I type a link in the internet section and hit enter it > minimizes the whole section (i think it is calling firefox) but nothing > starts. I checked if I write firefox in terminal and it started okay, so I > think that $* is a wrong parameter. What else could it be? > Thanks again for all the help! > Oleg > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Mike Massonnet <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Oleg, >> >> An alias only will not work AFAICT, you have to try out to be sure. >> The default PATH is /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin, and the quickest way >> to add the wrapper script is by putting it inside one of them, I had >> suggest the first path in /usr/local/bin. >> >> From the command line you can execute: >> $ cd /usr/local/bin >> $ cat > moblin-web-browser << EOF >> #!/bin/sh >> firefox $* >> EOF >> >> and >> $ chmod +x moblin-web-browser >> >> I don't recommened to put things within /usr/bin unless you know what >> you are doing. Packages installed via the package maintainer may >> overwrite or even miss-behave if you do bad things. >> >> That is all you should need to do. >> >> Mike >> >> 2009/9/3 Oleg Bezorudko-Chyrykalov <[email protected]>: >> > Hey Mike, >> > Thanks for help, I thought something like that should help, but can you >> > please describe how to do it? I am sorta new to linux :-) >> > I also thought that maybe creating an alias for moblin browser to call >> > firefox will help? What do you think? >> > Thanks in advance, >> > Oleg >> > >> > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Mike Massonnet <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Sorry, I always hit Reply and it doesn't send to the list. >> >> >> >> 2009/9/3 Mike Massonnet <[email protected]>: >> >> > Put a wrapper script in your PATH for moblin-browser to call firefox >> >> > and make it executable, for example: >> >> > #!/bin/sh >> >> > firefox $* >> >> > >> >> > Mike >> >> > >> >> > 2009/9/3 Oleg Bezorudko-Chyrykalov <[email protected]>: >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> >> >> Yesterday I installed mozilla and killed default moblin browser. >> >> >> Everything >> >> >> works fine. Links from the central module of the M-Zone or anywhere >> >> >> else >> >> >> open properly in Mozilla except for the links that I type in the >> >> >> address bar >> >> >> in the Internet section of the top bar. Then just nothing happens. >> >> >> >> >> >> Is there any way to make it open in Mozilla? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> Moblin dev Mailing List >> >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: >> >> >> http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on >> >> >> http://moblin.org once logged in. >> >> >> >> >> >> For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: >> >> >> http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Oleg Bezorudko-Chyrykalov >> > mailto:[email protected] >> > Sent from Greater London, United Kingdom > > > > -- > Oleg Bezorudko-Chyrykalov > mailto:[email protected] > Sent from Greater London, United Kingdom _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
