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. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
