Default browser problem -

[Tim Evans]

>>> Something's seriously broken and changing the default apps just doesn't
>>> work consistently. This applies throughout the Gnome3 shell. You need
>>> to edit ~/.thunderbird/yourprofile/ and edit mimeTypes.rdf:
>>>
>>> Find and edit the stanzas referencing firefox. The should be for http,
>>> https, and ftp.
>>>
>>>
>> As I noted in the other thread on this topic, this did not resolve my
>> problem. Matter of fact, my laptop running F15 using the very same rdf
>> file fails to open any browser from Thunderbird

> Same problem here, only on F14 with Tbird 5 beta 1.

As an additional data point (I think the "something's seriously broken" 
statement has some truth to it), I removed Chrome altogether from my 
system, leaving FireFox as the only browser.  After re-starting 
Thunderbird, clicking on links in it does nothing at all--FireFox is not 
invoked.

Thunderbird's error console reports:

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure 
code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) 
[nsIExternalProtocolService.loadUrl]"  nsresult: "0x80004005 
(NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame :: 
chrome://communicator/content/contentAreaClick.js :: openLinkExternally 
:: line 188"  data: no]

Don't understand this completely, but it seems clear it tried to open 
Chrome.

Re-installing Chrome reverts to previously reported behavior--all links 
in Thunderbird open Chrome, not FireFox.

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