On Monday 18 July 2005 06:08 am, Kent West wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > >On Monday 18 July 2005 04:12 am, you wrote: > >>On Monday 18 July 2005 02:39, you wrote: > >>>May I ask if anyone else has a problem launching a URL from Kmail using > >>>Konqueror? Or a problem launching any URL from within Konqueror itself? > >>>I may be wrong but I don't think I ever got feedback on that question. > >>> > >>>Is this just my problem or are others experiencing the same thing? > >> > >>You're the first one that I know of. > > Ditto. > > >And here is the follow-up: > > > >When Kmail would not launch Konqueror, I switched to Epiphany (in > > Component Choice and File Associations). Then, as part of our > > troubleshooting, I tested Konqueror again by selecting it again as the > > default browser in Component Choice and File Associations). It didn't > > work. Konqueror failed again. So, I went back to Epiphany (in both > > Component Choice and File Associations), and ever since what happens is > > that when I click on a URL in Kmail, it tires to launch Epiphany (which > > spins in the taskbar), but ends up launching Konqueror instead, with its > > eternal delay. > > I notice that in File Associations there's an "Application Preference > Order". Apparently what's happening is that when you click an URL in > Kmail, Epiphany tries to launch, and fails for some reason, and then KDE > falls back on the next application in the preference order. > > To test this theory, you could put Firefox or some other browser as the > next preferred app after Epiphany, rather than Konqueror. > > If my theory holds out, you just have to figure out why Epiphany is > dying when it tries to start up from a clicked link in Kmail. Does it > die when trying to start it manually? > > -- > Kent
Dear Kent: I experimented with the settings and here is what happens: I set Firefox as the default browser in Component Chooser and in File Associations (naturally "moving up" Firefox from the list of browser). Kmail launched the URL INSTANTLY. When I set both for Epiphany, Epiphany spinned in the taskbar and wouldn't launch. A few days ago, when it was set to Epiphany, Epiphany launched the URL instantly. Why it doesn't now I don't know. I don't recall now but it may be that Firefox didn't launch the URL, either. I am not sure. But I am sure that Epiphany did launch it correctly for several days (launch EVERY URL correctly and instantly), but now spins in the taskbar like Konqueror. Those are the facts. I won't hazard a hypothesis. I have no idea how this works. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
