removal of midbrowser

[Ray Parrish]

don fisher wrote:
> Ray,
>
> I really appreciate your reply to my, at time, newbie questions. Let 
> me explain a few more details. The first is that I am trying to change 
> from Fedora to Ubuntu. So many of the tasks I previously new how to 
> perform changed or gained aliases:-) Part of the adventure I guess.
>
> I have had to install the 32-bit version of firefox in my home 
> directory. I did this because some of the codecs for online videos 
> only exist in 32 bit formats.
>
> Along the lines I found:
> a) The links from /etc/alternatives are:
>    /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser -> /usr/bin/firefox-3.0
> b) The links from /usr/bin are:
>    /usr/bin/firefox -> /usr/bin/firefox-3.0 -> 
> /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.5/firefox.sh
>
> So both paths end up at /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.5/firefox.sh.
>
> But when I click on a link contained in a Thunderbird email, it still 
> opens midbrowser.
>
> My ~/.mozilla directory, as shown below, does contain an entry for 
> midbrowser:
>
> .mozilla>ls
> appreg          dfisher/        firefox@        mozver.dat      plugins/
> default/        extensions/     midbrowser/     pluginreg.dat
>
> There appears to be something within Thunderbird that wants to use the 
> midbrowser rather than the firefox entries. I cannot find anything in 
> Thunderbird that would change that setting. I am not even aware of how 
> I enabled it. Maybe one of the upgrades did it by default?
>
> Thanks again for your help. I really have most things working. Only 
> problems with Network Manager and Sound remain. But there have been 
> many other posts on these subjects so I assume they are being fixed.
>
> don
>
> Ray Parrish wrote:
>> don fisher wrote:
>>> I have just installed ubuntu 8.10. In the past when running 
>>> Thunderbird, I could click on a link in an email message, and the 
>>> link would open in FireFox. Now it opens in midbrowser. Using 
>>> synaptic, I removed midbrowser. Then when I clicked on the link 
>>> nothing happened.
>>>
>>> How does one tell Thunderbird to use FireFox rather than midbrowser?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> don
>>>   
>> Start Firefox, select Edit, Preferences, on the Preferences dialog 
>> select the Advanced tab. Near the bottom of that tab is a checkbox 
>> that says "Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser". 
>> Check that, and then over to the right is a button which says "Check 
>> Now". Click that and if it asks if you want to make Firefox the 
>> default browser, click Yes.
>>
>> Here is another method you can use in terminal, on the command line 
>> type -
>>
>> update-alternatives --install x-www-browser 
>> /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser /usr/bin/firefox
>>
>> Then, use
>> update-alternatives --set x-www-browser /usr/bin/firefox
>> or
>> update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
>>
>> Take your pick.
>>
>> Later, Ray Parrish
>>
>
Hello again,

LOL! You're a noob??? I've only been using Linux for about six months 
now, after years of suffering the problems of Windows... I have been 
tearing into the guts of Ubuntu every day however, and have been 
learning quite a bit.

Also, I'm pretty good at using Google, and a search there on "ubuntu 
thunderbird http link" has put me onto a thread that contains what I 
think may be the answer for you.

Create a text file and name it user.js and put the following lines in it -

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/bin/firefox");

Then save into your Thunderbird profile folder. The right folder will 
already have a file called prefs.js. On my machine this path is 
/home/ray/.mozilla-thunderbird/jta97xpo.default/

Your reply to me was addressed directly to me instead of the group, so 
I'm adding the group back into the loop on this. I don't know if it was 
your intention to exclude them, but it would be better to keep 
discussions in the group.

Also, you've top posted your reply, which makes it harder to follow the 
flow of the thread. In this group it is mandated that all replies go at 
the bottom, and many people on here will complain if you continue to top 
post.

I hope this solves your problem.

Later, Ray Parrish

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