Firefox/Gnome bug with System->Preferences->Preferred Applications

[Robert McWilliam]

It works here if I use just "firefox <URL>" and then set links from
other applications to open in a new tab in the firefox preferences.

It looks to be this bug:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/meta-gnome2/+bug/35218

Robert

On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:35:16 -0400, "Lee Revell" <rlrevell at joe-job.com>
said:
> When I set "Web Browser" to Firefox and select "Open in New Tab" (exact
> command is 'firefox -remote "openurl(%s,new-tab)"'), clicking links in
> other applications does not work at all unless I first open Firefox
> manually.
> 
> IIRC it used to behave correctly - if Firefox was not already open, it
> would be launched, otherwise the link opens in a new tab.  This broke
> somewhere between Breezy and Dapper.
> 
> Is this a known bug?  Is any workaround available?
> 
> It would be very bad IMHO for Dapper to ship with this bug.
> 
> Lee
> 
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