When I run thunderbird 0.1_alpha20030723 and then try and start mozilla I get a popup Alert saying... Error launching browser window: TypeError Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/conponent/instance;1'] has no properties If I close thunderbird mozilla will load fine. Firebird loads fine with thunderbird open though. If you need any more info let me know. - Steve
I saw this happen when I clicked a link within Thunderbird and then attempted to use Mozilla. Running mozilla with a command line argument seems to clear it up (eg. mozilla -splash).
I get this error whenever I try to launch Enigmail help from the menu in Thunderbird. Does this still happen for you in the 0.2 build? (Check bug #27930.) I think that this bug is related to the fact that the Thunderbird team still need a guru to write them something that can launch the default Linux browser when a link is clicked on in the Linux mail client, as this apparently works in Windows. As such, I think this may remain unfixed until they fix it for us...
I'm beginning to think that this is probably just a config issue - can anyone find any info on how to get at about:config for Mozilla Thunderbird?
Running Mozilla and Thunderbird at the same time is not supported as far as I can tell. I'm also under the impression that Thunderbird is meant to be used in conjuction with Firebird (I use both daily). Thunderbird does not support opening links from within emails either, so something else to consider. This is software in it's early phase (however mostly stable) and should not be expected to work 100%. So, your option is to install the current Firebird, configure Gnome to use it as your default browser and go with it ;-).
This bug should be closed as a WONTFIX, as you're not really supposed to use Mozilla and MozillaThunderbird at the same time. Note that the ebuild should not block Mozilla, as otherwise you won't be able to use MozillaThunderbird with the standard installation of Gnome 2.4, which includes epiphany (and hence Mozilla).
Installing Mozilla from the official tarball does not have this issue. Debian Sid had the same bug - the issue is that the script installed as /usr/bin/mozilla contacts the running thunderbird process and tells it to open a new browser window, which fails since thunderbird (obviously) isn't a browser. Running /usr/lib/mozilla/mozilla-bin directly still works. Reproduced with net-www/mozilla-1.6 and net-mail/mozilla-thunderbird-0.4 ebuilds.
I have the same problem with Thunderbird running, and trying to launch Firebird (I also have Mozilla, which shows the same behavior, though it used to work fine with thunderbird). So it is not just an issue with Mozilla and Thunderbird not meant to run together. It all started since I re-emerged my whole world a couple of days ago.
I don't know where the /usr/bin/mozilla script comes from, but this fixes the issue with Mozilla and Thunderbird. Note that it requires that you get a newer version of mozilla-xremote-client (present in at least Thunderbird 0.4 and Mozilla 1.6). Until I upgraded to Mozilla 1.6, I had to use Thunderbird's version (change MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM near the top). [root@soma /usr/bin]# diff mozilla.orig mozilla 219c219,221 < exec $MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM "xfeDoCommand(openBrowser)" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null --- > $MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM "openURL(,new-window)" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null > ret=$? > if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then exit $ret; fi 262c264 < exec $MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM $othersopt "openurl($optlast,new-window)" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null--- > exec $MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM $othersopt "openurl($optlast,new-tab)" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
All required package versions for this problem to disappear are now in stable, so this bug should be closed.
EDIT: Sorry, I mean in portage. Thunderbird isn't in stable at all!
Thunderbird 0.4, Mozilla 1.6, both of which are in the stable keyword, resolve the issue
Hrm, I made the exact same mistake. I was looking at thunderbird in the SPARC keyword. D'oh! ;)
