THUNDERBIRD LINKS NOT WORKING

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When i click a link in t'bird, firefos oly opens at homepage. a fix pls.

[Burunduk]

By default thunderbird tries to run firefox example.com

Running firefox forum.puppylinux.com in the terminal should open this forum. If not, firefox is the problem. Probably it has a broken launcher.

firefox can be a symbolic link or a script.

If it's a script, it should contain something like exec /opt/firefox/firefox "$@" The "$@" is important, without it firefox will open a home page. The firefox-77.0.1-x86_64.pet available in the PPM has this launcher:

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#!/bin/sh
apulse /opt/firefox/firefox "$@"

This command can be used to see and edit the content of a launcher script (an empty page will be opened if firefox is actually a binary):

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geany $(type -p firefox)

It's possible to change the browser thunderbird uses to open links.

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this is /usr/bin/firefox/firefox.sh
I can't remember how to access the one in pupsave. ps tell me how to fix if not correct.
found by using geany $(type -p firefox), thx.

#!/bin/sh
MOZ_LIBDIR=/usr/lib/firefox
MOZ_APP_LAUNCHER=`which $0`
MOZ_APP_NAME=firefox

export MOZ_APP_LAUNCHER

while [ ! -x $MOZ_LIBDIR/$MOZ_APP_NAME ] ; do
if [ -L "$MOZ_APP_LAUNCHER" ] ; then
MOZ_APP_LAUNCHER=`readlink -f $MOZ_APP_LAUNCHER`
MOZ_LIBDIR=`dirname $MOZ_APP_LAUNCHER`
else
echo "Can't find $MOZ_LIBDIR/$MOZ_APP_NAME"
exit 1
fi
done

usage () {
$MOZ_LIBDIR/$MOZ_APP_NAME -h | sed -e 's,/.*/,,'
echo
echo " -g or --debug Start within debugger"
echo " -d or --debugger Specify debugger to start with (eg, gdb or valgrind)"
echo " -a or --debugger-args Specify arguments for debugger"
}

moz_debug=0
moz_debugger_args=""
moz_debugger="gdb"

while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
case "$1" in
-h | --help )
usage
exit 0
;;
-g | --debug )
moz_debug=1
shift
;;
-d | --debugger)
moz_debugger=$2;
if [ "${moz_debugger}" != "" ]; then
shift 2
else
echo "-d requires an argument"
exit 1
fi
;;
-a | --debugger-args )
moz_debugger_args=$2;
if [ "${moz_debugger_args}" != "" ] ; then
shift 2
else
echo "-a requires an argument"
exit 1
fi
;;
-- ) # Stop option processing
shift
break
;;
* )
break
;;
esac
done

if [ $moz_debug -eq 1 ] ; then
case $moz_debugger in
memcheck)
debugger="valgrind"
;;
*)
debugger=$moz_debugger
;;
esac

debugger=`which $debugger`
if [ ! -x $debugger ] ; then
echo "Invalid debugger"
exit 1
fi

case `basename $moz_debugger` in
gdb)
exec $debugger $moz_debugger_args --args $MOZ_LIBDIR/$MOZ_APP_NAME "$@"
;;
memcheck)
echo "$MOZ_APP_NAME has not been compiled with valgrind support"
exit 1
;;
*)
exec $debugger $moz_debugger_args $MOZ_LIBDIR/$MOZ_APP_NAME "$@"
;;
esac
else
exec $MOZ_LIBDIR/$MOZ_APP_NAME "$@"
fi

[Burunduk]

See below

Does the firefox puppylinux.com command work in the terminal? Does it open a home page or the puppy site? This is important: thunderbird needs the working firefox command to open links.

this is /usr/bin/firefox/firefox.sh

This suggests that there is a folder named firefox in the /usr/bin directory. If so, it's very strange. --- It's probably /usr/lib/firefox/firefox.sh and there is a symlink to it in /usr/bin

The geany $(type -p firefox) could have opened /usr/bin/firefox but not /usr/bin/firefox/firefox.sh

The mozilla launcher script itself is OK. My firefox doesn't have it anymore but I've tested it now and it works --- thunderbird (102) can use this script to open links in firefox (102).

EDIT: I can reproduce this problem without a savefile and with a fresh thunderbird profile.

By default thunderbird tries to run /usr/local/bin/defaultbrowser (not firefox as I thought) but probably not directly. Changing xdg-open makes no difference. At the moment it's not clear where the url gets lost.

A workaround: follow the instructions how to change the default browser and choose /usr/bin/firefox

Notes: step 4 - type warn-ex in the search box to find the settings quickly;

step 5 - if the the pop-up window doesn't show up, repeat the step 1 to open preferences and look for Files & Attachments. It should be possible to select the action for http and https there (may be necessary to actually try to open a link for these entries to appear in the table);

step 6 - in the file selection window navigate to /usr/bin and choose firefox.

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fixed, thx /close thread.

[Burunduk]

@bigpup always recommends to install the fossapup bugfixes. Sometimes it helps!

The fossa64fix.zip here contains the /usr/share/applications/defaultbrowser-mime.desktop file. Adding it to the system solves the problem.

So, menu -> setup -> quickpet fossa -> info tab -> Fossapup updates.