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I'm using Karmic Koala Alpha 3. I just installed Firefox 3.5 so I now
have both Firefox versions, 3.0.12 and 3.5.2. I want to set the new
version to be the default browser, so I go to
System->Preferences->Preferred Applications, select Custom (as there's
no Firefox 3.5 in the list) and enter "firefox %s" in the command field.
Then I press the "Close" button. I now assume that my default browser is
Firefox 3.5
But using few applications leads to unexpected errors and crashes:
1. Using Ubuntu One is not possible, as it crashes on connect. The first time
execution requires default browser to go online to login/register for the
service.
2. Using apport is not possible. Apport catches problematic application crash,
collects the report, uploads it to the network but it can't complete the report
as it needs the default browser to be set.
3. Almost any application crashes if it has clickable links. The crash happens
on the click on the link (probably this requires the default browser to be set
as well). Gwibber is one app that suffers tremendously from this.
Indeed, the check in System->Preferences->Preferred Applications shows
that nothing it saved in the "command" field, as if default browser was
set to nothing.
So here we have 2 problems:
1. Custom command doesn't get saved in Preferred Applications control panel.
2. Due to 1), various applications will unexpectedly crash when no default
browser is defined.
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Confirmed
** Tags: gdm-control-panel
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Missing default browser setting will crash many apps
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/411138
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