[Bug 19033] Re: systemwide default startup homepage ignored

[Jordan Erickson]

Philippe, it's great to have workarounds but let's not treat this as a 
"solution" - the problem lies in that /etc/firefox-3.0/pref/firefox.js 
(which has always been the default global config for Firefox, regardless 
of Xulrunner) does not honor the browser.startup.homepage pref.

I seriously can't believe this bug has been open since 2005. This is 
really sad.


Philippe Seewer wrote:
> Yes, the current firefox directory layout is a bit cluttered up.
>
> Anyway, step by step instructions for fully updated 8.04.1  as of this
> date:
>
> 1. create file mozilla.txt with the following contents
> //
> pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.launchpad.net");
>
> 2. Convert mozilla.txt to mozilla.cfg by using
> http://www.alain.knaff.lu/~aknaff/howto/MozillaCustomization/cgi/byteshf.cgi
>
> 3. Close all firefox instances
>
> 4. Edit/Create /etc/xulrunner-1.9/system-grepref.js and add
> pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
>
> 5. Copy the file mozilla.cfg to /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.3
>
> 6. Start firefox, the default homepage should now be
> http://www.launchpad.net
>
>
> ** Attachment added: "Working mozilla.cfg"
>    http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18100995/mozilla.cfg
>
>

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systemwide default startup homepage ignored
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19033
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