Thanks Husse. That was quick!!Husse wrote:This is for FF 3.0 not 3.5
I don't know how to correct for the new version
Searching Mint Forums - A Better Way
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I just tested it in Firefox 3.5.7 and it works just like it did before. I'll keep testing this to see if I can reproduce your problem.
Husse, are you also experiencing this problem?
Husse, are you also experiencing this problem?
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Thanks altair. Do you think this is this something that might be affected by one of my Firefox settings?altair4 wrote:I just tested it in Firefox 3.5.7 and it works just like it did before. I'll keep testing this to see if I can reproduce your problem.
Husse, are you also experiencing this problem?
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I still use Gloria
No time to make the change and Gloria works so well
I just guessed that there might be some difference between 3.0 and 3.5
No time to make the change and Gloria works so well
I just guessed that there might be some difference between 3.0 and 3.5
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Oh well. I don't think I'll bother anymore until I get Mint 8 KDE 64 bit and all the dust settles from that transition. Perhaps it will fix itself in the process.
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worked for me. very cool. thanks for solving an annoying problem.
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Posted a closely related topic here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=55780
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/usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins directory doesn't exist anymore, so don't drive yourself nuts looking for it You should place the .gif and .src from post 8 in your ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/searchplugins directory. Restart Firefox and enjoy superior searching on the LinuxMint forums.
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Yes and No:/usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins directory doesn't exist anymore, so don't drive yourself nuts looking for it
In Mint9 it's alive and well:
In LMDE you are correct, it does not exist.ls -al /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1017 2009-11-19 11:26 apple.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 240 2009-11-19 11:22 apple.src
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1089 2010-04-14 15:50 debian.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 233 2010-04-14 15:40 debian.src
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1096 2009-06-22 18:14 google2.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 138 2009-06-22 18:05 google2.src
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2183 2010-10-31 07:24 google.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1080 2009-05-14 12:36 mint-forums.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 199 2009-06-22 17:50 mint-forums.src
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 747 2009-04-29 15:11 ubuntu-forums.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 197 2009-05-30 15:43 ubuntu-forums.src
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1178 2010-04-30 09:12 wikipedia.xml
Unfortunately that directory doesn't exist in LMDE either so you need to create the "searchplugins" directory first and then add the gif / src.You should place the .gif and .src from post 8 in your ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/searchplugins directory.
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not sure exactly how to add this profile. Can someone assist me on this?
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If you're talking about the LMDE directory you can either do it graphically through Nautilus.
Or though the terminal:
Change "your-user-name" and "*default" to their appropriate values.
Or though the terminal:
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mkdir /home/your-user-name/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/searchplugins
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Using Gnome and either terminal or GUI which ever will get it done quickest and easiest
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altair4 wrote:If you're talking about the LMDE directory you can either do it graphically through Nautilus.
Or though the terminal:Change "your-user-name" and "*default" to their appropriate values.Code: Select all
mkdir /home/your-user-name/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/searchplugins
I have yet hopefully just one more question
mkdir /home/willie42/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/searchplugins but change the default to what My browser???? Sorry I am still a bit of a newby at some of this
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Sorry about that. That was not stated correctly on my part.
On my system it's located at:
On my system it's located at:
You need to change "altair" and "y957mufj" to your own values./home/altair/.mozilla/firefox/y957mufj.default/searchplugins
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Thank you once again for your assistance.altair4 wrote:Sorry about that. That was not stated correctly on my part.
On my system it's located at:
You need to change "altair" and "y957mufj" to your own values./home/altair/.mozilla/firefox/y957mufj.default/searchplugins
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Done all that. Now what do I do to have it in my search box?markcynt wrote:Try this.
Copy the code in post # 8
<search
name="Mint Forums"
method="GET"
action="http://www.google.com/cse"
queryCharset="utf-8"
>
<input name="q" user>
<input name="cx" value="002683415331144861350%3Atsq8didf9x0"
<input name="sitesearch" value="forums.linuxmint.com">
</search>
Paste into text editor
Name it mint-forums.src
Save to desktop
Open Nautilus as root
Browse to /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins
Copy file on Desktop and paste into /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins
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I even forgot I wrote this HowTo.
I've just rewritten it to reflect the changes that both Mint and Firefox have undergone since then so what I would recommend is for you to delete the file you have in /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins and start over again with my new HowTo.
I've just rewritten it to reflect the changes that both Mint and Firefox have undergone since then so what I would recommend is for you to delete the file you have in /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins and start over again with my new HowTo.
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Looks great, I too struggle to search mint forum. Too bad I use chrome... Any idea about how to do this there ?
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Will see what I can dig up; I use Chrome by preference over either FF or Opera. Have all three on my box. (Mint 10)Pepe233 wrote:Looks great, I too struggle to search mint forum. Too bad I use chrome... Any idea about how to do this there ?
Actually like the idea of feeding Mint money for my searches, both on-site and off.