On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 23:19:10 +0100, Mr R A Mercer <r.a.mercer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > Just installed FC2, I want to use firefox/thunderbird builds from > mozilla.org but am having problems setting the programs correctly in the > Preferred Applications preferences. any particular reason why you didn't use the rpms provided by fedora.us? they have proper support for the "Preferred Applications" settings in gnome. > set for browser/mail client respectively. > > Clicking on a web link in thunderbird opens in firefox fine as long as > firefox is not running, if it is I get the Select Profile window > (similarly for clicking on a mailto link in firefox). > > How can I get it so that the respective link opens as expected whether > or not firefox/thunderbird is running? i believe this is a known bug in mozilla apps. i forget who, but someone hacked a way through the firefox and thunderbird scripts in fedora.us to get this to work correctly. try using the rpms in fedora.us. they work very well with gnome in FC2. dex
