Re: OT (sort of): firefox .9 and profile manager
Marc Field <[email protected]>
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One correction to the message below: The command to try at the command line is this: /opt/firefox/firefox -remote "openURL(www.yahoo.com,new-tab)" The difference between this and the one below is the lack of a space after the comma and before "new-tab." Marc --On Saturday, June 19, 2004 09:48:13 AM -0700 Marc Field <[email protected]> wrote: > --On Friday, June 18, 2004 02:02:27 PM -0400 jack wallen > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> but no more. now when i click on a link in evolution it opens up that >> dreaded profile manager. how can i get around this? i've searched google >> high and low and found this script: >> >># !/bin/bash >> FIREFOX_PATH="/opt/firefox/" >> $FIREFOX_PATH/firefox -remote "openURL($@, new-tab)" || exec >> $FIREFOX_PATH/firefox "$@"; > > Try typing this at a command line: > > /opt/firefox/firefox -remote "openURL(www.yahoo.com, new-tab)" > > If it opens Yahoo! in a new Firefox window, then I can't help. If you > get "Error: No running window found," then try changing your script to > run mozilla-xremote-client (which is in the same directory as the firefox > binary) instead of firefox -remote (i.e, > $FIREFOX_PATH/mozilla-xremote-client "openURL($@, new-tab)" [etc.]). > This has been working for me, and I was having the same problem as you > with firefox -remote. > > Marc > > -- > Marc Field > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Users maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/users -- Marc Field [email protected] _______________________________________________ Users maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/users