Re: [Evolution] Evolution and Firefox

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sat, 2008-10-25 at 17:45 +0200, jongi wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-10-25 at 17:25 +0200, jongi wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-10-25 at 08:58 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote: 
> > > On Sat, 2008-10-25 at 14:01 +0200, jongi wrote:
> > > > > Installed gnome-control-center and set Evolution as the mail reader.
> > > > > Yet still when I click on an email link, no mail composition box
> > > > > appears. And when I click on a link in Evolution, it doesn't load in
> > > > > Firefox.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jongi
> > > >
> > > > I've resolved the one issue: clicking on mailto link. This seems to be
> > > > because I am using Debian where Iceweasel (basically firefox) is the
> > > > default browser. The issue is with iceweasel. When I use firefox, an
> > > > Evolution mail composition box appears (as set in about:config). 
> > > >
> > > > However when I click on a link in Evolution, nothing happens in
> > > > firefox 
> > >
> > > You may also need to do the reverse: set Iceweasel as your preferred web
> > > browser in gnome-control-center.
> > >
> > > Matthew Barnes
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Evolution-list mailing list
> > > Evolution-list gnome org
> > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
> >
> > i'd already tried that
> it seems a reboot (after doing a system update) did the trick. And when using KDE, gnome-control-center is 
> not necessary. Both features are working with it having been removed.

gnome-control-center is just for changing the preferences. Once you've
changed them it's not needed (till the next time you want to change them
of course). The preferences are stored as XML files and loaded
automatically by the Gnome subsystem, which *does* have to be running.

poc