Re: [SLUG] Query re Firefox

2007-02-28 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:30:27PM +1100, Leslie Katz wrote: Matthew Hannigan wrote: Didn't you say you're using firefox 2.0.0.2? That's not standard on any released fedora that I know of. If you installed it yourself from source, or from an alternative rpm repo, then I suspect that

Re: [SLUG] Query re Firefox

2007-02-28 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi Leslie, If you're still having trouble with this, you can try the following: In T'bird, go to the toolbar and open 'edit'. Then choose 'advanced' and click on the 'general' tab. Then click on the 'Config Editor' button. This will bring up a window. In the 'filter' line at the top of

[SLUG] Query re Firefox

2007-02-27 Thread Leslie Katz
Thank you very much for your replies, Sonia. I'm using Fedora, rather than Ubuntu. Following ApplicationsPreferencesMore Preferences, I get to Preferred Applications. When I click on it, I get a window with a number of tabs, one of which is called Web Browser. On that tab, I'm able to

Re: [SLUG] Query re Firefox

2007-02-27 Thread Peter Hardy
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 16:54 +1100, Leslie Katz wrote: On that tab, I'm able to select my default web browser. I've got the Custom Web Browser button highlighted and a box into which I'm to put a command. The command which appears is the full path to the Firefox executable. I've tested that

Re: [SLUG] Query re Firefox

2007-02-27 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 04:54:37PM +1100, Leslie Katz wrote: I'm using Fedora, rather than Ubuntu. Following ApplicationsPreferencesMore Preferences, I get to Preferred Applications. When I click on it, I get a window with a number of tabs, one of which is called Web Browser. On that

Re: [SLUG] Query re Firefox

2007-02-27 Thread Leslie Katz
Matthew Hannigan wrote: Didn't you say you're using firefox 2.0.0.2? That's not standard on any released fedora that I know of. If you installed it yourself from source, or from an alternative rpm repo, then I suspect that could be the origin of your problem. I am using that version,

[SLUG] Query re Firefox

2007-02-26 Thread Leslie Katz
When I click on a link in my email client (Thunderbird v 1.5.0.9), my browser (Firefox v 2.0.0.2) opens, but with a blank page, rather than with the page I want to open. That's a recent and annoying change from past practice. I now have to copy the link location in Thunderbird, open Firefox

Re: [SLUG] Query re Firefox

2007-02-26 Thread Sonia Hamilton
* On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 05:06:53PM +1100, Leslie Katz wrote: When I click on a link in my email client (Thunderbird v 1.5.0.9), my browser (Firefox v 2.0.0.2) opens, but with a blank page, rather than with the page I want to open. That's a recent and annoying change from past practice. I

Re: [SLUG] Query re Firefox

2007-02-26 Thread Sonia Hamilton
* On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 05:40:41PM +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote: * On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 05:06:53PM +1100, Leslie Katz wrote: When I click on a link in my email client (Thunderbird v 1.5.0.9), my browser (Firefox v 2.0.0.2) opens, but with a blank page, rather than with the page I want