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I've downloaded the source/tar.gz file fine. I've used ark to extract/install it.
So how in hells name can I make it so that I can have a firefox icon/link on my desktop and not have to go into the firefox directory in my /home and have to click the script icon (and yes I did just try making an icon on screen from the script /home but it didn't want too start the app and I couldn't change the damn icon from a shell script one to a firefox one)?
Sorry if this seems a pathetic question, but for the life of me I can't think how this is done
Right click on the desktop. Create new..., Link to application. In the dialogue that comes up, replace "Link to application" with a name for the link (FireFox). In the Permissions tab, set the permissions. In the Application tab, in the Command box, enter the path to the firefox executatle (do "which firefox" in a console to get the path). Click on the generic icon to select an icon for the link.
Thanks for the replies, I'll check that out later (few things to do this morning).
Yesterday (? well that might actually mean at stupid oclock this morning <yawn>), I ended up just saving my bookmarks file and then deleteing what I could find of Firefox 2, and then re-installing the 1.5.0.7 (or whichever) available from the kanotix repo's - unfortunately it also means that some of my themes/extensions have gone to a "SOS"* because it seems that lots of them have been updated for firefox 2 and are no longer compatible with the 1.5.x version(s).
I did also check out synaptic to see if there was a version of "iceweasel" 2, I don't really care whether it's the GNU "debadged" version or Mozillas named (and shamed ???) version. I just really need the functionality. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I'm missing a repo or something from my sources.list or what, but iceweasel isn't showing up (although the alternative version of Thunderbird is i.e. "icedove" or whatever it's called).
As I say, I'll check all this later and report back. Again, thanks for the replies.
Neither Iceweasel or Firefox 2.0 have made it in to Debian repos at this point.
There is a version of 2.0 in the experimental repo, not sure how stable it is though.
You should be able to reset your extensions, thats why it is important to use different profiles for different versions of Firefox.
I currently have the Debian version of Firefox 1.5.0.7, Iceweasel and Mozilla Firefox 2.0 installed. Firefox 2.0 seems to be a little faster so I am mostly using it.
Funny really, I can't remember why I managed to mess up so much last night.
I just re-read the install instructions at the "mozillazine" site and followed their instructions "verbatim". The only snag being that I had to do a complete system reboot as when I clicked on the icon I'd made, it kept telling me that firefox was still running and that I'd have to stop that first or restart the system - logging out didn't do the trick, but rebooting seems to have worked though.
What was left of my extensions has "failed" so I'll have to re-install them, but what I can't work out, is that the instructions said about "if you want to make a clean install, then you should delete <various files>", which I did and it still seems to have "picked up" my bookmarks (even though I copied them to a seperate location so I could just re-add them later).
Ah well, it's working now, which is the main thing.
Thank you both craigevil and bigrigdriver, for your excellent assistance. It's very much appreciated.
Righty ho! seems to be OK. The only real annoyance is that the damn app now only wants to start in "half screen" mode, and I currently can't find out how I change it so that it starts "full screen".
What happens if you click on View - Full Screen. Does FF save that setting?
Seems to have done the trick (on one quick test anyway). I wonder what the difference is between doing it that way and just maximising and closing? 'Spose it's one of those strange "coding" things when they were writing the latest firefox version or something like that.
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???) version. I just really need the functionality. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I'm missing a repo or something from my sources.list or what, but iceweasel isn't showing up (although the alternative version of Thunderbird is i.e. "icedove" or whatever it's called).
