Chrome, FireFox Both Claim to be Default Browser; Chrome Wins

Tim Evans tkevans at tkevans.com
Mon Jun 6 00:45:48 UTC 2011


On 06/05/2011 07:56 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 11:42 -0400, Tim Evans wrote:
>> On 06/05/2011 10:55 AM, Steven Stern wrote:
>>> On 06/05/2011 09:51 AM, Tim Evans wrote:
>>>> On 06/05/2011 10:45 AM, John Aldrich wrote:
>>>>> On Fri June 3 2011, Tim Evans wrote:
>>>>>> How do you demote one, when both claim to be default?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Open Systemsettings and set your default browser there???? That's what I
>>>>> did and it worked for me.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.  FireFox was already set as default; however,  clicking on links
>>>> in e-mail still opens Chrome.
>>>
>>> Close thunderbird and go into ~/.thunderbird/yourprofiledirectory
>>>
>>> edit mimeTypes.rdf and find the stanzas that refer to the browser.  Look
>>> for http and https Here are mine for chrome:
>>>
>>>      <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:externalApplication:http"
>>>                       NC:prettyName="google-chrome"
>>>                       NC:path="/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome" />
>>>      <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:externalApplication:https"
>>>                       NC:prettyName="google-chrome"
>>>                       NC:path="/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome" />
>>>
>>>
>>> replace the chrome stuff with the the appropriate links for Firefox.
>>>
>>
>> These stanzas did not exist, so I added them (with Firefox specified).
>>
>> After re-starting Thunderbird, clicking on links in e-mails still opens
>> Chrome.
>
> You haven't mentioned which desktop you're using. You need to change the
> *Gnome* defaults (even if you're using KDE) because Thunderbird and the
> two browsers are all Gnome apps. Run gnome-control-center from a Shell
> and proceed from there.

Gnome 3 default desktop.  I have run gnome-control-center (several 
times, as a matter of fact); FireFox is set as default browser.


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