It is my stance that most of this should be covered in the /etc/firefox-3.0/pref/firefox.js file (if using FF3.x), as this is the pref file that all other global options are set (and seem to work fine besides this one pref).
- Jordan furicle wrote: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Philippe Seewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There is a workaround: >> By following http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences create a .cfg >> file and put in >> <pre> >> // >> pref("browser.startup.homepage", "XXX"); >> </pre> >> >> Where XXX ist your default startup homepage. >> >> >> Please not that with 8.04, replace local-settings.js with >> /etc/xulrunner-1.9/system-grepref.js and the .cfg file should go to >> /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.3 or whatever the current firefox update status is. >> > > > Have you actually tried this? I can't seem to get it to work. > Perhaps I don't completely understand you. > > If I specify an additional config file location in > /etc/xulrunner-1.9/system-grepref.js as you suggest, it doesn't appear > to do anything, and doesn't show up in about:config > > I tried the lockPref( both ROT13'd and straight up, as well as just > pref(. Is ROT13 still required? > > If I use /usr/lib/firefox-xxx won't that get overridden after each > update? There were two this month.... > > Any further clarity here is *really appreciated* > > <rant> > Are all the various configuration files laid out anywhere? There's > /etc/firefox, /etc/firefox-3xx, /usr/lib/firefox, > /usr/lib/firefox-3xx, /etc/xulrunner-1.9, /usr/lib/xulrunner, > /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/, /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.xxx (multiple copies) > each and every one of those with multiple sub directories. To boot, > sometimes the series specific folders are linked to the generic ones > and sometimes they aren't. Sometimes they refer to each other and > sometimes they don't. > > Did I mention there are six entries in about:config that have the word > startup in them? > > How did we end up with such a pile of spaghetti? It's no wonder it's broken! > </rant> > > -- systemwide default startup homepage ignored https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19033 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs