Re: Contents of freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 123, Issue 4 (Default browser)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser. I'm not sure if you're asking about port-building or your desktop environment. I'll go with the former. If you add WITH_MOZILLA=firefox to your /etc/make.conf file, then any browser ports that depend on mozilla like (on a GNOME system, anyway) galeon, epiphany, and yelp, will use firefox as their core instead. On the other hand, if you're running GNOME 2.12, you want to look under Desktop - Preferences - Preferred Applications. The Web Browser tab should be the first one to come up. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD6jdYUn6S0hqD4tsRAsaxAJ92xf1l7O8asrIrpd8XopctNz45/QCgoFxt ntREPQINROG86al3cqv/94I= =s68l -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Beto, I took your advice and solved the mess as you suggested. I just deinstalled both mozilla and firefox and symlinked /usr/X11R6/bin/linux-opera to /usr/X11R6/bin/mozilla and to /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox. Thanks, Guido ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Guido Van Hoecke wrote: Beto, I took your advice and solved the mess as you suggested. I just deinstalled both mozilla and firefox and symlinked /usr/X11R6/bin/linux-opera to /usr/X11R6/bin/mozilla and to /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox. Thanks, Guido ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you get java working with opera? -Tom ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:21:41 +0100, Tom Grove [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guido Van Hoecke wrote: Beto, I took your advice and solved the mess as you suggested. Did you get java working with opera? Yep, I am using linux-opera 8.51 and both linux-sun-jdk1.4.2 and linux-blackdown-jdk1.4.2 are working. I even managed to use them for my on-line banking here in Belgium, although my KBC bank does not support opera :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser. It guess I should have been more specific. I am using Window Maker as window manager. I know that KDE has the Component Chooser and Gnome has its gnome-control-center/preferred applications, but I have not found a window maker equivalent. Frankly, I do not know if there is such a thing. Both KDE and Gnome have been told that I'd like to use linux-opera. Still, when I click a link in bpm (bsd ports collection manager port), this event seems to disappear in the eternal bit bucket and nothing happens. When I click a link in a gaim chat window, mozilla gets launched. Openoffice.org insists upon firefox. Why is this so messy? How do I change it? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Guido Van Hoecke wrote: [...] It guess I should have been more specific. I am using Window Maker as window manager. I know that KDE has the Component Chooser and Gnome has its gnome-control-center/preferred applications, but I have not found a window maker equivalent. Frankly, I do not know if there is such a thing. Both KDE and Gnome have been told that I'd like to use linux-opera. Still, when I click a link in bpm (bsd ports collection manager port), this event seems to disappear in the eternal bit bucket and nothing happens. When I click a link in a gaim chat window, mozilla gets launched. Openoffice.org insists upon firefox. Why is this so messy? ::shrug:: it is what it is. Even in Windows XP, where you have a central database (the registry) which all programs *should* consult before invoking a browser (or they should use the proper api calls which use the registry), you have so many programs that will simply launch IE instead of, say, Firefox (obviously, MS apps are usually the culprit here ;-) ) How do I change it? - I think openoffice has some settings to change this. This is how i'd do it: take note of the the binaries being called for the unwanted browswers. Uninstall (or mv [oldbrowser] [oldbrowser].orig ) the browsers you don't want, then simply write wrappers that replace [oldbrowser] for linux-opera. Or , if the calling parameters are the same, just symlink them :) HIH, Beto ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Guido Van Hoecke wrote: What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, you don't say which window manager you're using but for KDE it's K Menu-Settings-KDE Components-Component Chooser-Web Browser Hope this helps, Duane Whitty ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Guido Van Hoecke wrote: What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser. Depends. What program and/or what desktop environment are you referring to? -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On 2/6/06, Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guido Van Hoecke wrote: What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser. Depends. What program and/or what desktop environment are you referring to? -Garrett Try typing opera instead of mozilla . I think the closest thing FreeBSD has to a default browser is links, though I suppose you could try playing with raw http by typing telnet www.yahoo.com 80 -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firefox won't stay as default browser ...
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 01:04:09PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: Kiffin Gish wrote: Every time I fire up firefox it claims it is not the default browser. If I click on yes to make it the default browser or go into Prferences | General and hit the Default Browser [Check Now]-button and/or I restart firefox, I still get the message that it is NOT the default browser. Nothing I do helps -- what got stuch?! What desktop environment/window manager are you using? I use fvwm2. It is seriously obnoxious. But I see another posted a thing to turn the checking bit off, so I'll do that. :) Silly Mozilla ... -danny ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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open up firefox and type into the url: about:config look up browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser and check the value. if its false, change to true and restart the browser. let me know if that works.. -Ben Kiffin Gish wrote: Every time I fire up firefox it claims it is not the default browser. If I click on yes to make it the default browser or go into Prferences | General and hit the Default Browser [Check Now]-button and/or I restart firefox, I still get the message that it is NOT the default browser. Nothing I do helps -- what got stuch?! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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nawcom wrote: open up firefox and type into the url: about:config look up browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser and check the value. if its false, change to true and restart the browser. let me know if that works.. -Ben Kiffin Gish wrote: Every time I fire up firefox it claims it is not the default browser. If I click on yes to make it the default browser or go into Prferences | General and hit the Default Browser [Check Now]-button and/or I restart firefox, I still get the message that it is NOT the default browser. Nothing I do helps -- what got stuch?! Set to true (as expected) but that is not the problem. The check is being done, however the setting is not retained. -- Kiffin Gish Gouda, The Netherlands ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Firefox won't stay as default browser ...
Every time I fire up firefox it claims it is not the default browser. If I click on yes to make it the default browser or go into Prferences | General and hit the Default Browser [Check Now]-button and/or I restart firefox, I still get the message that it is NOT the default browser. Nothing I do helps -- what got stuch?! -- Kiffin Gish Gouda, The Netherlands ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firefox won't stay as default browser ...
Kiffin Gish wrote: Every time I fire up firefox it claims it is not the default browser. If I click on yes to make it the default browser or go into Prferences | General and hit the Default Browser [Check Now]-button and/or I restart firefox, I still get the message that it is NOT the default browser. Nothing I do helps -- what got stuch?! What desktop environment/window manager are you using? -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thanks for the info on the screenshots. Another question, how can I change the default browser that KDE uses from Konqueror to Mozilla? Thanks, -- Thomas Connolly President Electrosoft Solutions, Inc. Phone: (970) 222-7844 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
