This issue was already addressed for mozilla-firefox-bin in the Bug 229227. I can now reproduce it with: mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.23 www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.3 Editing /usr/bin/firefox and adding "unset LD_PRELOAD" on line 2 fixes the problem. Reproducible: Always
I had the same problem and your modification to /usr/bin/firefox worked for me. I have: mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.23 www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.2
I just updated my system and now have www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.3-r1. I'm back to the original problem where thunderbird can't launch, or create a new tab in firefox for a clicked link. Now however, the problem cannot be fixed by editing /usr/bin/firefox because the shell script that was once there is now an elf binary. Outstanding. Is there another workaround?
I created a little script ~/launch-firefox #!/bin/sh unset LD_PRELOAD exec /usr/bin/firefox "$@" and edited the pref.js file in my thunderbird profile to run this script instead of firefox. ~/.thunderbird/fuuqppve.default $ grep network.protocol-handler.app.http prefs.js user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/home/sabel/launch-firefox"); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/home/sabel/launch-firefox"); works for me!
Dupe of bug #229227, methinks.
Sorry, I meant dupe as in "same problem", not as in "close this bug" (especially since that bug is already closed).
Uuum, I get this problem, when I just updated Firefox and haven’t closed TB or Firefox in between. I can solve it by really restarting both apps. (Look if the processes are *really* gone.) Please check if it’s not just that. :)
@Navid The computer was restarted several times since the last update. The problem is not related to this. @Mike Indeed, as you can confirm, a reference to that bug was already included in the first comment. But it's still reproducible in the mentioned versions. -- It's also still reproducible in the latest stable versions in the tree.
i've had this problem for aaages now unfortunately i can't use the abovementioned workarounds because i need LD_PRELOAD to load v4l2convert.so...this is a really annoying problem as if i forget and click a link in thunderbird, it creates a "firefox" process that doesn't do anything and kind of just sits there
i have same problem client versions: www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.6 mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-3.0-r1 workaround with unset LD_PRELOAD from comment 3 is not working for me.
(In reply to comment #9) > workaround with unset LD_PRELOAD from comment 3 is not working for me. > Make sure you do the unset thing in a <<firefox script>>, and NOT in the console where you start TB. I did unset in the console where I start TB, and this broke things even worse. I make a script called /usr/bin/firefox.sh, containing #!/bin/sh unset LD_PRELOAD exec /usr/bin/firefox "$@" and it worked for me. Don't forget to chmod +x the script.
thunderbird-3.0.3 asks which app it should use if a link or attachment is clicked for the first time. The settings will be saved under Preferences -> Attachments so you can change the settings later.
(In reply to comment #11) > thunderbird-3.0.3 asks which app it should use if a link or attachment is > clicked for the first time. The settings will be saved under Preferences -> > Attachments so you can change the settings later. > This is correct. Closing bug as 3.0.3 is current stable.
Reopening, this is not fixed and I there's nothing to test (is there?). Oh, and btw: me too Cheers
I'm abandoning this bug since I no longer use the versions mentioned in the initial report. In addition, this has been fixed in thunderbird-3.x by providing the user an option to select the application that should handle links (be it http, https, ftp or other) and also attachments. thunderbird-2.x is now obsolete and it's not being developed any further. You are encouraged to upgrade to 3.x. To me it's a WONTFIX situation if you consider 2.x series or FIXED if you refer to 3.x I leave the final decision to the maintainers.
I _am_ using thunderbird 3.x...
Can you elaborate a little on the specific versions of both thunderbird and firefox you are using? Also, can you try creating a new profile by launching thunderbird with: $ thunderbird -ProfileManager Since my initial post is no longer valid/up-to-date, try to be as descriptive as possible in the steps you do in setting up firefox to open the http links in the new profile. Thanks
Spoken with remi on -dev channel and says he is unable to reproduce with latest versions.
