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Re: [SJSU] Problem clicking on Links in Ubuntu and MAC OS x

From: anika suri <suri.anika_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:53:26 -0700

Thanks Kristian. Will try and work on this problem and if doesn't work
out, file it as a bug.

Best,
Anika

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Kristian Rink <rink_at_planconnect.de> wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> anika suri schrieb:
>> But, the the links of the SUN privacy policy, the logs, detailed
>> report...etc. open only in the Windows machine, not in Linux and MAC
>> OS x.
>
> Tested with web-b42-unix.sh on an Ubuntu machine, I am able to reproduce
> this problem. None of the hyperlinks on the installers "Summary" page does
> anything here.
>
>
>> Has any one faced the same problem? or can anyone think of a possible
>> reason why?
>
> The first thing here coming to my mind is that, eventually, there is
> something wrong about the desktop integration of these installers on
> non-Windows platforms: I am expecting a click on the link to open up any of
> these resources in a system standard browser(?), so eventually the
> application doesn't know where this standard browser lives and/or how to
> invoke it in order to display anything.
>
>
>> I thought I should confirm before filing it as a bug.
>
> I eventually would do so. Not sure how severe it actually is and/or whether
> it's an actual issue of the installer or "just" an issue of the
> configuration of the operating system, but at the very least, while running
> the installer from an Unix shell on any of these operating systems, there
> should be an error message in such situations; at the moment, tracking this
> one down is next to impossible IMHO.
>
> By the way: Good finding. I did go through this installer a hundred of times
> already by now and, so far, found I never really bothered clicking any of
> these links... :)
>
> Cheers,
> Kristian
>
>
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