I haven't followed the thread that carefully, and at this stage of the game I might sound out of it, but did you try in Gnome clicking on
System, then preferences, then Preferred applications? Also, make sure that within Firefox then Edit, then Preferences, then advanced, then make sure the box "always make sure that Firefox is your preferred brower." Is checked, then click on the check now button. If you get the message" Firefox is already set as your preferred browser." The do the operation that is causing the wrong browser to open again and see if the problem is fixed. If it isn't, open the browser that you don't want and see if it is asserting itself as your preferred browser, If what you are clicking on that is opening the wrong browser is a shortcut or a start menu item, try deleting and recreating, that item. Mark On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 11:03 AM, James E. LaBarre <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/06/2011 03:19 PM, Sean Dague wrote: >> >> On 01/06/2011 03:08 PM, James E. LaBarre wrote: >>>> >>>> I'd recheck the alternatives system. The apps you listed would be >>>> more likely to call an external command and not rely on a gconf >>>> setting. >>> >>> I followed the links through from /etc/alternatives to their eventual >>> destination, and they are definitely calling the Firefox shell script in >>> it's own program directory. >> >> I just ran into a similar situation with notes, which was fixed by >> running: >> >> # xdg-settings set default-web-browser firefox.desktop >> >> Lotus Notes seems to be using xdg-open and lacking that was sending >> things to chrome for me. How it got in that state, I have no idea, but >> that did fix it for me. > > > Nope, didn't fix it. I get this for a lot of apps, not just Blotus Notes. > If I click on a link in Xchat, for example, it still opens in Midori. > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Feb 2 - Zimbra > Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell > Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 > -- Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 (845) 541-7396 _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Feb 2 - Zimbra Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6
