i edited the shell script, that came with mozila-1.5, so that i can run firefox just the way i want it... actually all i did was set the paths to point to firefox and removed that mail and compose options, and now it works :-) here it goes, enjoy:
#!/bin/sh
#
# The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public
# License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
# except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
# the License at
http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
#
# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
# IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
# implied. See the License for the specific language governing
# rights and limitations under the License.
#
# The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
#
# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape
# Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
# Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All
# Rights Reserved.
#
# Contributor(s):
#
##
## Usage:
##
## $ mozilla
##
## This script is meant to run a mozilla program from the mozilla
## rpm installation.
##
## The script will setup all the environment voodoo needed to make
## mozilla work.
cmdname=`basename $0`
## don't leave any core files around
ulimit -c 0
##
## Variables
##
MOZ_DIST_BIN="/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox"
MOZ_PROGRAM="/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin"
MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM="/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-xremote-client"
##
## Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH
##
if [ "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ]
then
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox:/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
else
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox:/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins
fi
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
##
## Make sure that we set the plugin path for backwards compatibility
##
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins
export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH
function check_running() {
$MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM 'ping()' 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
RETURN_VAL=$?
if [ "$RETURN_VAL" -eq "2" ]; then
echo 0
return 0
else
echo 1
return 1
fi
}
# check to see if there's an already running instance or not
ALREADY_RUNNING=`check_running`
# If there is no command line argument at all then try to open a new
# window in an already running instance.
if [ "${ALREADY_RUNNING}" -eq "1" ] && [ -z "$1" ]; then
exec $MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM "xfeDoCommand(openBrowser)" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
fi
# if there's no command line argument and there's not a running
# instance then just fire up a new copy of the browser
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
exec $MOZ_PROGRAM 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
fi
unset RETURN_VAL
# If there's a command line argument but it doesn't begin with a -
# it's probably a url. Try to send it to a running instance.
USE_EXIST=1
opt="$1"
if [ "${USE_EXIST}" -eq "1" ] && [ "${ALREADY_RUNNING}" -eq "1" ]; then
# check to make sure that the command contains at least a :/ in it.
echo $opt | grep -e ':/' 2>/dev/null > /dev/null
RETURN_VAL=$?
if [ "$RETURN_VAL" -eq "1" ]; then
# if it doesn't begin with a '/' and it exists when the pwd is
# prepended to it then append the full path
echo $opt | grep -e '^/' 2>/dev/null > /dev/null
if [ "${RETURN_VAL}" -ne "0" ] && [ -e `pwd`/$opt ]; then
opt="`pwd`/$opt"
fi
exec $MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM "openurl($opt)" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
fi
# just pass it off if it looks like a url
exec $MOZ_CLIENT_PROGRAM "openurl($opt,new-window)" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
fi
exec $MOZ_PROGRAM ${1+"$@"}
