FC2 - Firefox/Mozilla confusion

Dave Cross dave at dave.org.uk
Thu May 20 14:31:32 UTC 2004


On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 02:07:26AM -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
> Dave Cross wrote:
> >I've upgraded a system from FC1 to FC2. I've also installed Dag's
> >latest FC2 rpm for Firefox. But everytime I try to start Firefox I
> >get Mozilla instead. This happens whether I open it from the menu,
> >from the icon on my gnome panel or if I run it from the command line.
> >
> >Has anyone else seen this behaviour? Is there a fix?
> >
> >It's not that I don't like Mozilla, but I'd rather have Firefox :)
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-May/msg04041.html
> Dag's firefox is flawed in that it lacks Blizzard's xremote fixes.
> Please read and follow the directions in my earlier announcement about
> official Fedora Extras firefox & thunderbird. Fedora Extras firefox &
> thunderbird have been rigorously polished by 6 different people, and
> they now integrate perfectly with FC2 desktop. You can even choose
> both as default browser and mail application in the Preferred
> Applications chooser.

Thanks for the pointer. Having removed Dag's versions of Firefox and
Mozilla, reinstalled the FC2 standard Mozilla and Firefox from
fedora.us, everything now works fine again.

Dave... 

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