Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since
this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work,
I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.
Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!
This is probably related to bug 604568. I am marking it triaged, there
really should be an easy way for Xubuntu users to change the default
browser.
** Changed in: xfwm4 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: xfwm4 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: xfwm4
On my wife's desktop, the preferred web-browser is set, via "Settings
Manager", to chromium-browser. However, if she clicks a web link
received by email (thunderbird), firefox is always launched. Also,
clicking the generic "Web Browser" icon in the bottom panel launches
firefox.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xfwm4 4.8.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 8 15:36:45 2011
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
ProcEnviron:
- LANGUAGE=en_US:en
- LANG=en_US.UTF-8
- SHELL=/bin/bash
+ LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+ LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+ SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xfwm4
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
+
+ WORKAROUND:
+ Xfce stores it at ~/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc
+ There will be a key named WebBrowser. e.g: WebBrowser=firefox
+
+ Using an editor, complete the following steps:
+ 1. change preferred browser in Settings -> Preferred Applications
+ 2. open a terminal, type
+ cd ~/.config/xfce4/
+ 3. type
+ mousepad helpers.rc
+ 4. find "WebBrowser=firefox"
+ 5. change the line to read "WebBrowser=chromium-browser"
+ 6. Save the file
+ exit the terminal
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xubuntu desktop fails to respect "preferred applications"
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