Kin Yip wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been using SL 5.1 with Firefox 1.5.x  and Thunderbird
> (thunderbird-1.5.0.12-12.el5) for a while (workingfine).
> I could click a http link (for example) and start Firefox in a new tab
> in the browser.
> 
> After last night's yum update, Firefox 3.0.1 has replaced the old
> Firefox 1.5.x .  I can use firefox without problem.
> But now if I click a http link (say) when there is Firefox, it'd complain :
> 
> Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window,
> you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system.
> 
> If I close the Firefox, it'd start a new one.  But if I click another
> http link, it'd make the same complaint and I have to close
> Firefox (or I can copy and paste the link to Firefox).
> 
> In thunderbird about:config,  network.protocol-handler.app.http has
> pointed to "/usr/lib/thunderbird-1.5.0.12/open-browser.sh"  and it had
> worked fine before until  now Firefox 3.0.1 comes.
> 
> I've tried to replace that open-browser.sh with firefox etc.   Nothing
> works and the same error message persists.
> ( I've stupidly deleted old profiles in firefox/thunderbird (as I'm
> desperate) but of course they were not the problem. )
> 
> It looks like to me that open-browser.sh in 1.5 Thunderbird is not
> updated with Firefox 3.0.1 ...
> 
> Any ideas and help ?
> 
> Kin
> 

Hi,
I've been using thunderbird 2.0 from SL 5.2, and don't see that problem.  I'll 
double check and see if it is a thunderbird 1.5 vs thunderbird 2.0 problem.
Troy
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