Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
2009/9/16 John Matthews jake...@sky.com: I want to make my Firefox 3.5 my default browser. I have looked in the SystemPreferencesPrefered Applications and it only shows the older version of Firefox. I unticked the make Firefox Default button in the old version, and then opened the new version and ticked the box, but nothing has happened. I closed FF down, and then reopened it, and its still not opening FF 3.5 when clicking on links in e-mails, it opens the old version. How can I make FF 3.5 my default. Thanks John. Two suggestions would be to either remove firefox3 or to use the custom option in Preferred Applications to specify firefox3.5. (Are there any other xdg-defaults settings?) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: 2009/9/16 John Matthews jake...@sky.com: I want to make my Firefox 3.5 my default browser. I have looked in the SystemPreferencesPrefered Applications and it only shows the older version of Firefox. I unticked the make Firefox Default button in the old version, and then opened the new version and ticked the box, but nothing has happened. I closed FF down, and then reopened it, and its still not opening FF 3.5 when clicking on links in e-mails, it opens the old version. How can I make FF 3.5 my default. Thanks John. Two suggestions would be to either remove firefox3 or to use the custom option in Preferred Applications to specify firefox3.5. (Are there any other xdg-defaults settings?) This was brought up in an earlier thread, (by yourself IIRC). My solution was: open a terminal and type the following commands $ cd /usr/bin $ ls -l firefox you should see that the firefox file is a link to firefox-3.0 then type $ sudo rm firefox to remove the old link, and then $ sudo ln -s firefox-3.5 firefox to create a new link to firefox 3.5. When apps want to run firefox, they run /usr/bin/firefox, which then links to the version you want. Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Josh Holland wrote: What version of Ubuntu are you running? Hi I am running 9.04 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: 2009/9/16 John Matthews jake...@sky.com: I want to make my Firefox 3.5 my default browser. I have looked in the SystemPreferencesPrefered Applications and it only shows the older version of Firefox. I unticked the make Firefox Default button in the old version, and then opened the new version and ticked the box, but nothing has happened. I closed FF down, and then reopened it, and its still not opening FF 3.5 when clicking on links in e-mails, it opens the old version. How can I make FF 3.5 my default. Thanks John. Two suggestions would be to either remove firefox3 or to use the custom option in Preferred Applications to specify firefox3.5. (Are there any other xdg-defaults settings?) Hi, but that is the problem, in my first post I did mention that FF3.5 is not an option in Preferred Applications, only the old version. The only browsers that it offers is the old version of FF, Opera and Chromium. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Daniel Drummond wrote: Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: 2009/9/16 John Matthews jake...@sky.com: I want to make my Firefox 3.5 my default browser. I have looked in the SystemPreferencesPrefered Applications and it only shows the older version of Firefox. I unticked the make Firefox Default button in the old version, and then opened the new version and ticked the box, but nothing has happened. I closed FF down, and then reopened it, and its still not opening FF 3.5 when clicking on links in e-mails, it opens the old version. How can I make FF 3.5 my default. Thanks John. Two suggestions would be to either remove firefox3 or to use the custom option in Preferred Applications to specify firefox3.5. (Are there any other xdg-defaults settings?) This was brought up in an earlier thread, (by yourself IIRC). My solution was: open a terminal and type the following commands $ cd /usr/bin $ ls -l firefox you should see that the firefox file is a link to firefox-3.0 then type $ sudo rm firefox to remove the old link, and then $ sudo ln -s firefox-3.5 firefox to create a new link to firefox 3.5. When apps want to run firefox, they run /usr/bin/firefox, which then links to the version you want. Dan Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Daniel Drummond wrote: Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan Hi Dan, this is what I get jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it has shiretoko at the top of the window. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
John Matthews wrote: That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it has shiretoko at the top of the window. John Firefox 3.5 is referred to as Shiretoko to differentiate between Firefox 3.0 and Firefox 3.5 and to avoid confusion, see http://www.asoftsite.org/s9y/archives/161-FAQ-Why-is-my-firefox-3.5-still-called-Shiretoko.html for an explanation of the reasoning behind it. Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Daniel Drummond wrote: Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan Just to let you know, I just looked in the Prefered applications and the Firefox link is now missing, and only Chromium and Opera are the only choices. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan Hi Dan, this is what I get jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now. That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it has shiretoko at the top of the window. The name of the program isn't related to the name in the titlebar, this is set by the programmer. Shiretoko is the codename for the firefox 3.5 release. What was the actual error message when you tried those commands? Did you run them with sudo? I have double checked those commands, and none of them should fail. You may need to put your password in when it asks. Ensure you are running them in the correct directory. Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Daniel Drummond wrote: John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan Hi Dan, this is what I get jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now. That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it has shiretoko at the top of the window. The name of the program isn't related to the name in the titlebar, this is set by the programmer. Shiretoko is the codename for the firefox 3.5 release. What was the actual error message when you tried those commands? Did you run them with sudo? I have double checked those commands, and none of them should fail. You may need to put your password in when it asks. Ensure you are running them in the correct directory. Dan Now you have me, I closed the command box, but it did say unable to perform command. I entered my password, when it asked for it. How can I get the symlink back then, and how can get the option for firefox back into the Prefered applications. I have tried clicking on a link in an e-mail, and nothing happens. So now I dont have that option anymore. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Daniel Drummond wrote: John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan Hi Dan, this is what I get jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now. That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it has shiretoko at the top of the window. The name of the program isn't related to the name in the titlebar, this is set by the programmer. Shiretoko is the codename for the firefox 3.5 release. What was the actual error message when you tried those commands? Did you run them with sudo? I have double checked those commands, and none of them should fail. You may need to put your password in when it asks. Ensure you are running them in the correct directory. Dan This is really odd, I tried to open firefox in a terminal by using this command firefox %s and it says its not installed, and gives me a command to install it. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
2009/9/16 John Matthews jake...@sky.com: Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: 2009/9/16 John Matthews jake...@sky.com: I want to make my Firefox 3.5 my default browser. I have looked in the SystemPreferencesPrefered Applications and it only shows the older version of Firefox. I unticked the make Firefox Default button in the old version, and then opened the new version and ticked the box, but nothing has happened. I closed FF down, and then reopened it, and its still not opening FF 3.5 when clicking on links in e-mails, it opens the old version. How can I make FF 3.5 my default. Thanks John. Two suggestions would be to either remove firefox3 or to use the custom option in Preferred Applications to specify firefox3.5. (Are there any other xdg-defaults settings?) Hi, but that is the problem, in my first post I did mention that FF3.5 is not an option in Preferred Applications, only the old version. The only browsers that it offers is the old version of FF, Opera and Chromium. I might not have made my suggestion clear, sorry. When you choose Custom you type in the command you want to run. As Firefox 3.5 (Shiretoko) is /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 you can enter the command firefox-3.5 %s into the Custom box (the %s might be a %u, I'm on a Windows machine atm). This will then run Firefox 3.5 instead of the default Firefox 3. I do this for running a local (/home/j/bin/firefox) vanilla copy of Minefield (3.7a1pre). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:18 +0100, John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan Hi Dan, this is what I get jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now. That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it has shiretoko at the top of the window. The name of the program isn't related to the name in the titlebar, this is set by the programmer. Shiretoko is the codename for the firefox 3.5 release. What was the actual error message when you tried those commands? Did you run them with sudo? I have double checked those commands, and none of them should fail. You may need to put your password in when it asks. Ensure you are running them in the correct directory. Dan This is really odd, I tried to open firefox in a terminal by using this command firefox %s and it says its not installed, and gives me a command to install it. Hi john, Open a terminal, type cd /usr/bin Then type sudo ln -s firefox3.5 firefox-3.0 That should set 3.5 to the default. -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:35:41 +0100, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: Josh Holland wrote: What version of Ubuntu are you running? Hi I am running 9.04 Try Minefield or Shiretoko under Internet -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Matthew Daubney wrote: On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:18 +0100, John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan Hi Dan, this is what I get jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now. That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it has shiretoko at the top of the window. The name of the program isn't related to the name in the titlebar, this is set by the programmer. Shiretoko is the codename for the firefox 3.5 release. What was the actual error message when you tried those commands? Did you run them with sudo? I have double checked those commands, and none of them should fail. You may need to put your password in when it asks. Ensure you are running them in the correct directory. Dan This is really odd, I tried to open firefox in a terminal by using this command firefox %s and it says its not installed, and gives me a command to install it. Hi john, Open a terminal, type cd /usr/bin Then type sudo ln -s firefox3.5 firefox-3.0 That should set 3.5 to the default. -Matt Daubney Hi both, thank you for your suggestions. @MattI just entered those commands, and it seems it has made 3.5 the default, but I still cant get links to work when I click them in an e-mail. Nothing happens. @JonathonI have that command in Custom field in Prefered Applications, but nothing is happening. How can I get the Firefox back to the prefered applications. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Matthew Daubney wrote: On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:18 +0100, John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan Hi Dan, this is what I get jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now. That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it has shiretoko at the top of the window. The name of the program isn't related to the name in the titlebar, this is set by the programmer. Shiretoko is the codename for the firefox 3.5 release. What was the actual error message when you tried those commands? Did you run them with sudo? I have double checked those commands, and none of them should fail. You may need to put your password in when it asks. Ensure you are running them in the correct directory. Dan This is really odd, I tried to open firefox in a terminal by using this command firefox %s and it says its not installed, and gives me a command to install it. Hi john, Open a terminal, type cd /usr/bin Then type sudo ln -s firefox3.5 firefox-3.0 That should set 3.5 to the default. -Matt Daubney I just looked at that in the terminal, and the results say ln: creating symbolic link `firefox-3.0': File exists So does that mean its created the symlink for version 3.0 not 3.5? I copied and pasted the commands, btw. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:07:48 +0100, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: Matthew Daubney wrote: On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:18 +0100, John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan Hi Dan, this is what I get jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now. That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it has shiretoko at the top of the window. The name of the program isn't related to the name in the titlebar, this is set by the programmer. Shiretoko is the codename for the firefox 3.5 release. What was the actual error message when you tried those commands? Did you run them with sudo? I have double checked those commands, and none of them should fail. You may need to put your password in when it asks. Ensure you are running them in the correct directory. Dan This is really odd, I tried to open firefox in a terminal by using this command firefox %s and it says its not installed, and gives me a command to install it. Hi john, Open a terminal, type cd /usr/bin Then type sudo ln -s firefox3.5 firefox-3.0 That should set 3.5 to the default. -Matt Daubney I just looked at that in the terminal, and the results say ln: creating symbolic link `firefox-3.0': File exists So does that mean its created the symlink for version 3.0 not 3.5? I copied and pasted the commands, btw. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Sorry, my mistake, I misread the output from ls you pasted. The commands should have been: Open a terminal, type cd /usr/bin Then type sudo ln -s firefox-3.5 firefox Let us know what that returns. -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Matt Daubney wrote: On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:07:48 +0100, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: Matthew Daubney wrote: On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:18 +0100, John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan Hi Dan, this is what I get jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now. That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it has shiretoko at the top of the window. The name of the program isn't related to the name in the titlebar, this is set by the programmer. Shiretoko is the codename for the firefox 3.5 release. What was the actual error message when you tried those commands? Did you run them with sudo? I have double checked those commands, and none of them should fail. You may need to put your password in when it asks. Ensure you are running them in the correct directory. Dan This is really odd, I tried to open firefox in a terminal by using this command firefox %s and it says its not installed, and gives me a command to install it. Hi john, Open a terminal, type cd /usr/bin Then type sudo ln -s firefox3.5 firefox-3.0 That should set 3.5 to the default. -Matt Daubney I just looked at that in the terminal, and the results say ln: creating symbolic link `firefox-3.0': File exists So does that mean its created the symlink for version 3.0 not 3.5? I copied and pasted the commands, btw. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Sorry, my mistake, I misread the output from ls you pasted. The commands should have been: Open a terminal, type cd /usr/bin Then type sudo ln -s firefox-3.5 firefox Let us know what that returns. -Matt Daubney That would be the command I gave previously then, both today and on 10/07/09. Are you typing these into a terminal as suggested, not the run command box? What you are trying to do is change the *firefox *link in /usr/bin to point to *firefox-3.5 *instead of pointing to *firefox-3.0 *. That way when the system wants to run firefox, it will run firefox-3.5 instead of firefox-3.0. Ensure that when you are typing these commands in, that you get the numbers in the right order. For whatever reason, you must have (in error) removed the firefox-3.0 link, instead of the firefox link. Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Matt Daubney wrote: On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:07:48 +0100, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: Matthew Daubney wrote: On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:18 +0100, John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan Hi Dan, this is what I get jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now. That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it has shiretoko at the top of the window. The name of the program isn't related to the name in the titlebar, this is set by the programmer. Shiretoko is the codename for the firefox 3.5 release. What was the actual error message when you tried those commands? Did you run them with sudo? I have double checked those commands, and none of them should fail. You may need to put your password in when it asks. Ensure you are running them in the correct directory. Dan This is really odd, I tried to open firefox in a terminal by using this command firefox %s and it says its not installed, and gives me a command to install it. Hi john, Open a terminal, type cd /usr/bin Then type sudo ln -s firefox3.5 firefox-3.0 That should set 3.5 to the default. -Matt Daubney I just looked at that in the terminal, and the results say ln: creating symbolic link `firefox-3.0': File exists So does that mean its created the symlink for version 3.0 not 3.5? I copied and pasted the commands, btw. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Sorry, my mistake, I misread the output from ls you pasted. The commands should have been: Open a terminal, type cd /usr/bin Then type sudo ln -s firefox-3.5 firefox Let us know what that returns. -Matt Daubney Ok, tried that command, this is what I get when I run ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-09-16 11:59 /usr/bin/firefox-3.0 - firefox3.5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh does that mean anything? I still cant get a url to open in firefox though, the only way it will open is by copying and pasting, it should work, so I dont know why it doesnt. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Ok, tried that command, this is what I get when I run ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-09-16 11:59 /usr/bin/firefox-3.0 - firefox3.5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh does that mean anything? I still cant get a url to open in firefox though, the only way it will open is by copying and pasting, it should work, so I dont know why it doesnt. John Check your preferred apps now and firefox should have reappeared. It might just be a simple case of reselcting this in your preferred apps. -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default
Daniel Drummond wrote: Matt Daubney wrote: On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:07:48 +0100, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: Matthew Daubney wrote: On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:18 +0100, John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: John Matthews wrote: Daniel Drummond wrote: Hi Dan, thank you for the commands, I got all the way to the last command, adding the 3.5 in, and it says command refused. I think its because my FF3.5 says shiretoko on it. John What does this command output: $ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* Dan Hi Dan, this is what I get jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-09-10 19:52 /usr/bin/firefox - firefox-3.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2009-09-13 17:09 /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 - ../lib/firefox-3.5.3/firefox.sh Looks like you've deleted the symlink for firefox-3.0 now. That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it has shiretoko at the top of the window. The name of the program isn't related to the name in the titlebar, this is set by the programmer. Shiretoko is the codename for the firefox 3.5 release. What was the actual error message when you tried those commands? Did you run them with sudo? I have double checked those commands, and none of them should fail. You may need to put your password in when it asks. Ensure you are running them in the correct directory. Dan This is really odd, I tried to open firefox in a terminal by using this command firefox %s and it says its not installed, and gives me a command to install it. Hi john, Open a terminal, type cd /usr/bin Then type sudo ln -s firefox3.5 firefox-3.0 That should set 3.5 to the default. -Matt Daubney I just looked at that in the terminal, and the results say ln: creating symbolic link `firefox-3.0': File exists So does that mean its created the symlink for version 3.0 not 3.5? I copied and pasted the commands, btw. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Sorry, my mistake, I misread the output from ls you pasted. The commands should have been: Open a terminal, type cd /usr/bin Then type sudo ln -s firefox-3.5 firefox Let us know what that returns. -Matt Daubney That would be the command I gave previously then, both today and on 10/07/09. Are you typing these into a terminal as suggested, not the run command box? What you are trying to do is change the *firefox *link in /usr/bin to point to *firefox-3.5 *instead of pointing to *firefox-3.0 *. That way when the system wants to run firefox, it will run firefox-3.5 instead of firefox-3.0. Ensure that when you are typing these commands in, that you get the numbers in the right order. For whatever reason, you must have (in error) removed the firefox-3.0 link, instead of the firefox link. Dan Hi Dan, I copied and pasted the commands into the terminal, not the run command box. I dont remember asking back then, but if I did, I didnt follow it up, this is the first time I have dome anything about it. I am sorry about that. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
