Just checking to see if others are having the same problem.
Using Wheezy and a couple of months ago (guessing) I did a dist-upgrade
and all of a sudden my links would only open a new iceweasel window and
only to my home page. I have been patient waiting to see if this bug
would get fixed but so far it hasn't. I've been to what I think is
icedove bugs pages and it seems they have the bug listed but am not sure
because some of the explanation is not the best.
Anyone else having the same problem or know of something i can do to
correct this problem if it is actually in my lap?
TIA
Whit
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07-29-2012, 01:26 PM
Camaleón
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:06:59 -0400, Whit Hansell wrote:
> Just checking to see if others are having the same problem.
>
> Using Wheezy and a couple of months ago (guessing) I did a dist-upgrade
> and all of a sudden my links would only open a new iceweasel window and
> only to my home page.
Is that hapenning only when the links are open from Icedove or the
problem remains when clicking over a link from gnome-terminal, Evolution,
Kmail... or another application?
Also, does it work for e-mail links (e.g., "mailto:user@example.com")?
> I have been patient waiting to see if this bug would get fixed but so
> far it hasn't. I've been to what I think is icedove bugs pages and it
> seems they have the bug listed but am not sure because some of the
> explanation is not the best.
I cannot locate a bug in Debian BT similar to yours :-?
By the way, what desktop o window manager are you using?
> Anyone else having the same problem or know of something i can do to
> correct this problem if it is actually in my lap?
I would first try by launching icedove from a new user, different than
your usual one to discard something wrong within your current profile.
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07-31-2012, 11:17 AM
chymian
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hi everybody,
> Just checking to see if others are having the same problem.
yes indeed.
I had 2 mailthreats about this on the debian-user-german.
1. icedove does not open external links.
it opened the browser, but did not handover the URL.
I had to got to the KDE systemsettings and manually change the file
association (program which is called) entry to
iceweasel %u
(or x-www-browser %u, setting up the system alternatives to iceweasel.)
to true.
while callening external links does work now, it had a major impact on
beeing able to add new accounts to ID.
while checking a new imap/smtp server, a link opened in iceweasel,
trying to get info about the mail-server. in this case, I used
self-signed certificates on my dovcot-server and STARTTLS.
switching this value back to "false", I can add new mailservers, but not
open external links.
for the time being, I have to choose, which misbehaviour I can live with
at the moment.
my system:
wheezy,amd64
KDE 4.8.4
iceweasel 10.0.6esr-1
icedove 10.0.5-1
günter
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07-31-2012, 04:01 PM
Whit Hansell
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Gunter
Thanks for the reply but I checked to see if anything you mentioned was
even possible and it came out "I don't got none of that stuff." <G>
On 07/31/2012 07:17 AM, chymian wrote:
Just checking to see if others are having the same problem.
> yes indeed.
> I had 2 mailthreats about this on the debian-user-german.
>
> 1. icedove does not open external links.
> it opened the browser, but did not handover the URL.
> I had to got to the KDE systemsettings and manually change the file
> association (program which is called) entry to
>
> iceweasel %u
> (or x-www-browser %u, setting up the system alternatives to iceweasel.)
>
> for all http/https.
I checked my file associations and could not find anything about this in
that system settings setup. Hunted all over. Nothing.
> 2. I changed in the .icedove/<profile>/prefs.js
>
> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.http", true);
>
> to true.
Checked my prefs.js file and it has no "network." anything listed for
some reason. Went to the about:config file in iceweasel and could not
find anything that looked like it might help. If there is the same type
of setup in icedove I have no idea yet how to access it.
> while callening external links does work now, it had a major impact on
> beeing able to add new accounts to ID.
> while checking a new imap/smtp server, a link opened in iceweasel,
> trying to get info about the mail-server. in this case, I used
> self-signed certificates on my dovcot-server and STARTTLS.
>
> switching this value back to "false", I can add new mailservers, but not
> open external links.
>
> for the time being, I have to choose, which misbehaviour I can live with
> at the moment.
Well, I appreciate your input and yes, I agree, it's one or the other in
your case and I appreciate your reply to let me know what you've found.
It has given me at least an idea that maybe I can do something but
really expect it to be corrected by bug fixes in the end. Or at least I
hope so.
> my system:
> wheezy,amd64
> KDE 4.8.4
> iceweasel 10.0.6esr-1
> icedove 10.0.5-1
>
> günter
My system is:
Wheezy. amd64
KDE 4.8.4
Iceweasel 10.0.6
Icedove 10.0.5
Do appreciate your comments and reply.
Cheers.
Whit
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07-31-2012, 08:04 PM
Wayne Topa
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On 07/31/2012 12:01 PM, Whit Hansell wrote:
Gunter
Thanks for the reply but I checked to see if anything you mentioned was
even possible and it came out "I don't got none of that stuff."<G>
On 07/31/2012 07:17 AM, chymian wrote:
Just checking to see if others are having the same problem.
yes indeed.
I had 2 mailthreats about this on the debian-user-german.
1. icedove does not open external links.
it opened the browser, but did not handover the URL.
I had to got to the KDE systemsettings and manually change the file
association (program which is called) entry to
iceweasel %u
(or x-www-browser %u, setting up the system alternatives to iceweasel.)
for all http/https.
I checked my file associations and could not find anything about this in
that system settings setup. Hunted all over. Nothing.
2. I changed in the .icedove/<profile>/prefs.js
??? On my working wheezy icedove
wtopa@dj:~$ ls .icedove/profile
ls: cannot access .icedove/profile: No such file or directory
but
wtopa@dj:~$ ls .icedove/prefs.js
.icedove/prefs.js*
Checked my prefs.js file and it has no "network." anything listed for
some reason. Went to the about:config file in iceweasel and could not
find anything that looked like it might help. If there is the same type
of setup in icedove I have no idea yet how to access it.
while callening external links does work now, it had a major impact on
beeing able to add new accounts to ID.
while checking a new imap/smtp server, a link opened in iceweasel,
trying to get info about the mail-server. in this case, I used
self-signed certificates on my dovcot-server and STARTTLS.
switching this value back to "false", I can add new mailservers, but not
open external links.
for the time being, I have to choose, which misbehaviour I can live with
at the moment.
Well, I appreciate your input and yes, I agree, it's one or the other in
your case and I appreciate your reply to let me know what you've found.
It has given me at least an idea that maybe I can do something but
really expect it to be corrected by bug fixes in the end. Or at least I
hope so.
my system:
wheezy,amd64
KDE 4.8.4
iceweasel 10.0.6esr-1
icedove 10.0.5-1
günter
My system is:
Wheezy. amd64
KDE 4.8.4
Iceweasel 10.0.6
Icedove 10.0.5
Do appreciate your comments and reply.
Cheers.
Whit
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On 07/31/2012 04:04 PM, Wayne Topa wrote:
> On 07/31/2012 12:01 PM, Whit Hansell wrote:
>> <snip>
>> I checked my file associations and could not find anything about this in
>> that system settings setup. Hunted all over. Nothing.
>>
>>> 2. I changed in the .icedove/<profile>/prefs.js
>
> ??? On my working wheezy icedove
> wtopa@dj:~$ ls .icedove/profile
> ls: cannot access .icedove/profile: No such file or directory
> but
> wtopa@dj:~$ ls .icedove/prefs.js
> .icedove/prefs.js*
>
> Might that be your problem ??
>
> HTH
Wayne, sorry. You misunderstood. I found the prefs.js file. That
wasn't the problem. It did not contain the line(s) that gunter had
mentioned. And I found nothing else that looked like it would help or
reference the problem. Thanks for the reply tho. Much appreciated.
Cheers
Whit
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08-01-2012, 04:42 PM
Whit Hansell
links won't open using icedove/wheezy
On 07/31/2012 07:17 AM, chymian wrote:
> hi everybody,
>
>> Just checking to see if others are having the same problem.
> yes indeed.
> I had 2 mailthreats about this on the debian-user-german.
>
> 1. icedove does not open external links.
> it opened the browser, but did not handover the URL.
> I had to got to the KDE systemsettings and manually change the file
> association (program which is called) entry to
>
> iceweasel %u
> (or x-www-browser %u, setting up the system alternatives to iceweasel.)
>
> for all http/https.
>
> 2. I changed in the .icedove/<profile>/prefs.js
>
> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.http", true);
>
> to true.
> while callening external links does work now, it had a major impact on
> beeing able to add new accounts to ID.
> while checking a new imap/smtp server, a link opened in iceweasel,
> trying to get info about the mail-server. in this case, I used
> self-signed certificates on my dovcot-server and STARTTLS.
>
> switching this value back to "false", I can add new mailservers, but not
> open external links.
>
> for the time being, I have to choose, which misbehaviour I can live with
> at the moment.
>
> my system:
> wheezy,amd64
> KDE 4.8.4
> iceweasel 10.0.6esr-1
> icedove 10.0.5-1
>
>
>
> günter
>
>
Gunter,
I've found most of what you mentioned and have made changes but I still
only get my home page in Iceweasel, not the link in the email I clik
on. Is that what you get? Can you get to Iceweasel but not to the
exact link?
Also, you mention in user_prefs, the line in pref.js
Well, I don't have that specific line in my user_prefs. Did you add the
line or just change the false to true?
I'm at a loss. I've found some info in bugtracking but it's from 2007
and it's talking about not getting to iceweasel. Again, I can get to
Iceweasel but not the exact link.
TIA for your help.
Whit
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08-02-2012, 09:39 PM
chymian
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hi whit,
>> 1. icedove does not open external links.
>> it opened the browser, but did not handover the URL.
>> I had to got to the KDE systemsettings and manually change the file
>> association (program which is called) entry to
>>
>> iceweasel %u
>> (or x-www-browser %u, setting up the system alternatives to iceweasel.)
>>
>> for all http/https.
> I've found most of what you mentioned and have made changes but I still
> only get my home page in Iceweasel, not the link in the email I clik
> on. Is that what you get? Can you get to Iceweasel but not to the
> exact link?
>
that was the initial erroneous behaviour. things changed with setting
file-associations to "x-www-browser %u" in the systemsettings. see point
1. above.
> Also, you mention in user_prefs, the line in pref.js
>
> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.http", true);
>
> Well, I don't have that specific line in my user_prefs. Did you add the
> line or just change the false to true?
I probably inserted it on the way to fix the misbehaviour. and will
check how ID behaves without it.
maybe it's the cause for your momentary misbehaviour, maybe it's what
you have to add to get it to work.
definitively, it triggers the "add mailserver starttls" problem.
>
> I'm at a loss.
my advice: check the file-associations, so that x-extension-*html, etc.
call either iceweasel directly with a "%u" as parameter, or use the
x-www-browser %u
mechanisem. to set your system-default browser there, go to a shell and
enter the following command:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
choose iceweasel or whatever you want to use.
to check, whether that works, you can call
x-www-browser http://google.com
from a shell.
iceweasel (or what ever you did set with the command above) should open
google.com
> I've found some info in bugtracking but it's from 2007
> and it's talking about not getting to iceweasel. Again, I can get to
> Iceweasel but not the exact link.
I didn't find any useful information there...
> TIA for your help.
> Whit
>
have a nice one & good luck
günter
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08-02-2012, 09:48 PM
chymian
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hi whit,
>> Also, you mention in user_prefs, the line in pref.js
>>
>> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.http", true);
>>
>> Well, I don't have that specific line in my user_prefs. Did you add the
>> line or just change the false to true?
> I probably inserted it on the way to fix the misbehaviour. and will
> check how ID behaves without it.
> maybe it's the cause for your momentary misbehaviour, maybe it's what
> you have to add to get it to work.
> definitively, it triggers the "add mailserver starttls" problem.
I removed the line completely, and icedove behaves as designed. no more
error with the starttls-problem, but still opening links in
x-www-browser correctly.
so, it was a leftover from a try on figuring out how to solve, which
caused the next error...
hope you have luck with the systemsettings.
cheers
günter
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08-02-2012, 10:31 PM
Whit Hansell
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On 08/02/2012 05:48 PM, chymian wrote:
> hi whit,
>
>>> Also, you mention in user_prefs, the line in pref.js
>>>
>>> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.http", true);
>>>
>>> Well, I don't have that specific line in my user_prefs. Did you add the
>>> line or just change the false to true?
>> I probably inserted it on the way to fix the misbehaviour. and will
>> check how ID behaves without it.
>> maybe it's the cause for your momentary misbehaviour, maybe it's what
>> you have to add to get it to work.
>> definitively, it triggers the "add mailserver starttls" problem.
> I removed the line completely, and icedove behaves as designed. no more
> error with the starttls-problem, but still opening links in
> x-www-browser correctly.
>
> so, it was a leftover from a try on figuring out how to solve, which
> caused the next error...
>
> hope you have luck with the systemsettings.
>
> cheers
> günter
>
>
Gunter, let me verify what your original problem was with icedove. Were
you unable to get to iceweasel when you clicked on a link in icedove or
were you able to get to iceweasel home page but not the actual link you
were trying to open? I appreciate your comments and want to get this
darned thing fixed but need to know I'm working on the right thing. I
can get to iceweasel but I always get the home page. I don't get the
specific link I'm trying for.
Oh, and I figued out why I did not see that actual line as mentioned. I
was looking at prefs.js from the command line using cat prefs.js. When
looking at the file in that manner all you get are those which have
content and are marked "true" and I didn't find out how to change it
until I went to the "config editor" button in preferences->Advanced->
General->config editor. So much fun. :-)
Regards and TIA
Whit
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