Email links in Thunderbird cease working

[richardh]

After installing hardy, web links in thunderbird [2.0.0.12 (20080227)] no longer open a tab in Firefox (30b5).

I cant find an editor preference to switch the function back on.

What happened and where?

[Dale61]

I have a similar problem.

If I click on a link in Thunderbird, but have yet to open FF3.0b5, what actually opens is FF2. However, if FF3.0b5 is already running, links will be directed to that.

As a quick (and probably lazy) fix, I always have an instance of FF3.0b5 running on at least one of my four work spaces.

[gewitty]

After installing hardy, web links in thunderbird [2.0.0.12 (20080227)] no longer open a tab in Firefox (30b5).

I cant find an editor preference to switch the function back on.

What happened and where?

I have exactly the same problem. After upgrading to Hardy, web links in Thunderbird no longer work. When hovering the mouse over such a link, the correct address appears at the bottom of the Thunderbird screen, but when clicked it fails to trigger Firefox to display the page.

I have explored all of the Thunderbird settings and options, looking for some way to restore the functionality, but without success.

[rothbert]

Try this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=772112&highlight=thunderbird+links+firefox
tweaking config editor in Thunderbird solved the links issue for me (with usr/bin/firefox-2, rather than usr/bin/firefox)

[Dale61]

Try this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=772112&highlight=thunderbird+links+firefox
tweaking config editor in Thunderbird solved the links issue for me (with usr/bin/firefox-2, rather than usr/bin/firefox)

For me, I had to use /usr/bin/firefox-3.0, and now, when I click on a link in Thunderbird, Firefox 3b5 now opens.