Shoutbox

Hi guys

YEsterday i did  a reinstall of Firefox (installed from scratch) but now the "I'm feeling Lucky" search functionality of the address bar doesn't seem to be working 100%.

Previously if i type msghelp in the address bar it will use Google to search and automatically take me to shoutbox.menthix.net. Now, after the reinstall, it appears to be going my default to a .com address for whatever item i search for. So msghelp ends up going to www.msghelp.com. This is happening with every domain name that doesn't end in .com. Additionally previously i could use phrases like ebay uk to go to the eBay UK page (instead of typing the full www.eBay.co.uk URL), now however it gives me the following message:

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Originally posted by Mozilla Firefox (2.0.0.3)

The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded

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I remember having this problem previously after installing Firefox, but can't remember how i fixed it. It's not a problem with Google or something as this still works fine on Firefox on our other computer.

Any ideas how to correct this?

Cheers,
~Salem

Very strange. Apart from a complete uninstall and a reinstall, I don't really know what to do. There's probably some environment variable or something that's awry. The Mozilla site might give you an irc channel the developers are usually in, this is true for most open source programs, and they are the best people to help you.

I don't think there are any Mozilla hackers here, though.

what's that setting in firefox like  chrome://config or something... someone will know.

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Originally posted by ICD
what's that setting in firefox like  chrome://config or something... someone will know.

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about:config

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Originally posted by banky

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Originally posted by ICD
what's that setting in firefox like  chrome://config or something... someone will know.

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about:config

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yeh about:config

But what should i look for in there?

~Salem

Search for Keyword.URL and fill this in:

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http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

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Originally posted by Ezra
Search for Keyword.URL and fill this in:

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http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

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i've already got that in Keyword.url, but will re-enter again anyway

is Keyword.enabled also true?

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Originally posted by Ezra
is Keyword.enabled also true?

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yep.

Re-entering the text didn't solve it.

~Salem

Hmm, then I'm out of idea's except reinstalling again

Try to report it on the bug tracker, they might be able to help you.

EDIT: Added Bug tracker url