[Bug 19033] Re: systemwide default startup homepage ignored

[Philippe Seewer]

Hello Jordan!

Well, first of all the Workaround is meant for you to put to the default 
startup homepage into the mozilla.cfg not firefox.js. I still haven't 
been able to figure out how to fix that (Although I have to admit I 
wasn't able to spend much time debugging).

But second, you're correct. On a fully updated ubuntu the workaround 
doesn't work anymore. The file 'system-grepref.js' got renamed to 
'system-greprefs.js'. Here's an updated Workaround description:

1. create file mozilla.txt with the following contents
//
pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.launchpad.net");
(Replace www.launchpad.net with your desired startup page)

2. Convert mozilla.txt to mozilla.cfg by using 
http://www.alain.knaff.lu/~aknaff/howto/MozillaCustomization/cgi/byteshf.cgi

3. Close all firefox instances

4. Edit/Create /etc/xulrunner-1.9/system-greprefs.js and add
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");

5. Copy the file mozilla.cfg to /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.4 (Please don't 
forget to move this file to the new firefox directory if firefox is updated)

6. Start firefox, the default homepage should now be what you set in 
mozilla.cfg

I've attached a mozilla.cfg configured for 'http://www.google.com'.

Regards, and merry Christmas!
Philippe


** Attachment added: "mozilla.cfg"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20681706/mozilla.cfg

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