Links will not open from chat windows under Linux

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Links do not open from the chat window of spark if you are running under Linux. This is because the code tries to launch Netscape via a shell command, and if this is not possible on your machine, the links will not open.

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Andrew Seymour 
July 9, 2008 at 8:56 AM

Fixed, patch provided by Michael Will.

Ian Daniel 
January 29, 2008 at 9:04 AM

Hi Will,

Thanks. The workaround worked for me.

Kind regards,
Ian

Will French 
January 22, 2008 at 12:56 AM

Hi,

I simply ran:
cd /usr/bin
ln -s firefox netscape

And was then able to click on links, and have them open in Firefox.

Ian Daniel 
January 21, 2008 at 4:34 PM

Hi Will,

Could you please give me some specific instructions on the workaround. Where do you go looking for Netscape, and as such what is the name and location of the symlink I need? I know to make Firefox the destination of the symlink, but what should the source be?

Kind regards,
Ian

Will French 
January 18, 2008 at 1:32 AM

As a workaround, you can create a symlink to firefox (or other browser) from netscape.

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Created January 18, 2008 at 1:25 AM
Updated July 9, 2008 at 8:56 AM
Resolved July 9, 2008 at 8:56 AM