Re: [Evolution] Can't open Evolution [SOLVED]

[Tim McConnell <tmcconnell168 gmail com>]

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Tim McConnell
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On Sat, 2022-03-12 at 13:32 -0600, Tim McConnell wrote:
> On 3/12/22 6:57 AM, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-03-11 at 18:42 -0800, Van Snyder wrote:
>  
> > How does Evolution open a URL in a new tab in firefox?
> >
> > I can't do it from the command line. Online discussion says to use
> > the "--new-tab" command-line option, but firefox always puts up a
> > window saying it's already running, and inviting me to create a new
> > profile.
> >
> > I have other applications for which Id like to open a new tab (or
> > new
> > window), not start another instance of firefox, such as kalarm.
> >
> > Dolphin can do it too. Nautilus can do it.
> >
> > How does Evolution (or dolphin or nautilus) do it?
> Evolution (or the others) don't actually do it themselves. They use
> xdg-open which opens whatever in the users preferred application. So
> something like 
>
>   xdg-open http://www.gnome.org
>
> will open the wewbsite in your preferred browser using the configured
> mechanism (new window, new tab, etc.).  This applies to not just URLs
> -
> it works for files - give it a .docx file, it will open LibreOffice,
> give it an image, it will open gimp etc. etc.
>
> P.
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> Okay so here's what happened with xdg-open , I tried gnome.org and it
> opens perfectly in Firefox. Same with the gmail url. It's a Net
> install from the debian site so no Flatpack etc . It 's using LVM as
> a file system . I ran df --inodes (thank you Ralph for the link) and
> the IUse shows 1%, so not out of INodes . 
> I ran df /tmp
>  Filesystem                     1K-blocks     Used Available Use%
> Mounted on
>  /dev/mapper/debianTim--vg-root 958307472 33672848 875881576   4% /
> So I think I have plenty of room there. 
> tried adding the file Pete suggested. And I now can open Evolution.
> Finally :)