Bug 269333

Summary:	MozillaFirefox not found
Product:	[Websites] www.kde.org	Reporter:	bkorb
Component:	general	Assignee:	kde-www mailing-list <kde-www>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	cfeck, dev
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description bkorb 2011-03-24 19:44:20 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.0) 
OS:                Linux

The /usr/share/applications file name is "firefox.desktop",
not "MozillaFirefox.desktop".  linking the latter to the
former fixes it, but it should get installed correctly.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
Install openSuSE 11.4

Actual Results:  
Download a desktop image that requires firing up a browser and have firefox
be your default browser.

Expected Results:  
It would work correctly.  Instead, it cannot find "MozillaFirefox".
It needs to be looking for "firefox".  And, yes, "firefox" has been
set to be the default browser.  That's why it's looking for
MozillaFirefox.  There be a disconnect.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2011-03-24 20:54:48 UTC

Please report this to the bug tracker of your distribution at https://bugzilla.novell.com/

Comment 2 Thorsten Staerk 2011-04-02 11:07:56 UTC

what's this about? You report

The /usr/share/applications file name is "firefox.desktop",
not "MozillaFirefox.desktop".  linking the latter to the
former fixes it, but it should get installed correctly.

fixes what? You do not describe a problem at all.

Comment 3 bkorb 2011-04-02 17:23:14 UTC

The problem is that when you invoke some application (like wall paper downloading) that wants to fire up your browser, it tries to kick off "MozillaFirefox".  To do this, it looks for a file named, "MozillaFirefox.desktop" in the /usr/share/applications directory.  There is no such file.  There is, however, a file named, "firefox.desktop".  How that all really works is black magic to me.  All I know is that if I go in as  root and link these two together, then all is fine.  Same problem with MozillaThunderbird.