Default browser for UP4 ?
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Default browser for UP4 ?
Since UP4 it looks like the default browser can not be set. Chrome keeps on asking me whether I want to set it as default. And when applications open a url I get a popup dialog to select the default browser.
Anybody else has/had this problem ?
TIA !
Jan
Anybody else has/had this problem ?
TIA !
Jan
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
I also have some problems with defaults. Have you tried Preferred Applications in the menu? (Options are greyed out for me.)
I tried to set it with following but it wouldn't change anything:
I tried to set it with following but it wouldn't change anything:
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sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
It's not greyed-out for me. But setting it has no effect. Chrome still asks whether it can be the default browser. Even when the preferred application is Chrome.
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
Preferred applications is greyed out for me too (in Maya with Mate). Is there a config file somewhere I can edit to change the preferred apps?
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
sudo update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser
Then check Preferred Applications and make sure the same browser is checked.
Linux Mint Forums • View topic - Opera as default browser <SOLVED> - http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=84566
sudo update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser
Then check Preferred Applications and make sure the same browser is checked.
Linux Mint Forums • View topic - Opera as default browser <SOLVED> - http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=84566
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
Nope. Still the same problem. The selection was identical anyway. Same after changing both the Chrome in item 2.
Maybe the problem is because Chrome is mentioned twice ?
Maybe the problem is because Chrome is mentioned twice ?
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sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
There are 3 choices for the alternative x-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/x-www-browser).
Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0 /usr/bin/google-chrome 200 auto mode
1 /opt/firefox/firefox 70 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/google-chrome 200 manual mode
3 /usr/bin/opera 200 manual mode
Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
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sudo update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser
There are 3 choices for the alternative gnome-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser).
Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0 /usr/bin/google-chrome 200 auto mode
1 /opt/firefox/firefox 70 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/google-chrome 200 manual mode
3 /usr/bin/opera 200 manual mode
Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
Alternatives are pretty much respected. If you want to try it out you could remove the Chrome alternative:
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAlternatives
Also look here for a similar problem:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 68#p585563
But a restart didn't help ...
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sudo update-alternatives --remove x-www-browser /usr/bin/google-chrome
sudo update-alternatives --remove gnome-www-browser /usr/bin/google-chrome
Also look here for a similar problem:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 68#p585563
But a restart didn't help ...
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
[SOLVED] Wrong web browser launched (i.e. not the default web browser) (Page 1) - Help & Support (Stable) - CrunchBang Linux Forums - http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic ... b-browser/ see the third post, and #18.
$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
Firefox.desktop
Which is correct for me.
Set the default web browser to google-chrome.desktop
There was also a gconf setting that can be set.
$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
Firefox.desktop
Which is correct for me.
Set the default web browser to google-chrome.desktop
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xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
AHA ! There's something fishy about the dialog to select the default browser.
Before starting Chrome:
When Chrome starts to sees it isn't the default browser and thus asks whether it can set it as such. So after doing that:
After that my IDE (IntelliJ) wants to open a url. As a result a small popup dialog comes up asking me to select the default browser. Strange but okay. When Chrome is selected:
Which brings us back to the situation before the very first start of Chrome. Etc...
It looks to me there's a little bug in the popup window. And I won't be surprised if this is due to the fact I'm running the XFCE version of LMDE - but it's full of Gnome stuff in there too.
Before starting Chrome:
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xdg-settings get default-web-browser
custom-WebBrowser.desktop
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xdg-settings get default-web-browser
google-chrome.desktop
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xdg-settings get default-web-browser
custom-WebBrowser.desktop
It looks to me there's a little bug in the popup window. And I won't be surprised if this is due to the fact I'm running the XFCE version of LMDE - but it's full of Gnome stuff in there too.
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
Didn't work for me. Propably because I have no XFCE.
What worked was simply putting this in the $HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
What worked was simply putting this in the $HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
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text/html=firefox.desktop;
text/xml=firefox.desktop
application/xhtml_xml=firefox.desktop
x-scheme-handler/http=firefox.desktop
x-scheme-handler/https=firefox.desktop
x-scheme-handler/ftp=firefox.desktop
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
my mimeapps.list
Firefox is my default browser.
11.10 - How to set Google Chrome as the default browser? - Ask Ubuntu - http://askubuntu.com/questions/96080/ho ... lt-browser
Unset Chromium as default browser on Ubuntu - http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2012 ... er-on.html
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[Added KDE Service Associations]
application/xhtml+xml=kwebkitpart.desktop;
application/xml=kwebkitpart.desktop;
text/html=kwebkitpart.desktop;
[Added Associations]
text/html=Firefox.desktop
[Default Applications]
text/html=Firefox.desktop
11.10 - How to set Google Chrome as the default browser? - Ask Ubuntu - http://askubuntu.com/questions/96080/ho ... lt-browser
Change the google-chrome.desktop to whichever browser you are wanting to use.You should have in the ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list file the following lines:
text/html=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/about=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/unknown=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop
Make sure these lines are under either the [Default Applications] or [Added Associations] section.
And of course, you need google-chrome installed such that google-chrome.desktop is either located at /usr/share/applications/, /usr/local/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/.
Unset Chromium as default browser on Ubuntu - http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2012 ... er-on.html
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
I know this is an older thread but I ran into this problem today on Linux Mint 13 XFCE. I got Chrome working using this post so here is what I did different. I set the the update-alternatives to option zero auto google chrome. I ran the xdg command and found that google-chrome.desktop was already set. Then I went into Preferred Applications and set my Web Browser to google chrome.
Then here is the key to my success. I clicked on my menu button on the panel and then I clicked Web Browser. Google Chrome should come up and it will display a message "google chrome not set as default browser". DO NOT CLICK THE BUTTON THAT SETS GOOGLE CHROME AS THE DEFAULT WEB BROWSER INSTEAD CLICK THE BUTTON THAT SAYS DO NOT SHOW THIS MESSAGE AGAIN. ok thats it now google chrome loads for me everytime as the default. Thank you guys so much for all the earlier posts without those posts I'd be stuck. Thanks
Then here is the key to my success. I clicked on my menu button on the panel and then I clicked Web Browser. Google Chrome should come up and it will display a message "google chrome not set as default browser". DO NOT CLICK THE BUTTON THAT SETS GOOGLE CHROME AS THE DEFAULT WEB BROWSER INSTEAD CLICK THE BUTTON THAT SAYS DO NOT SHOW THIS MESSAGE AGAIN. ok thats it now google chrome loads for me everytime as the default. Thank you guys so much for all the earlier posts without those posts I'd be stuck. Thanks
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
One more thing after performing my above post I checked my preferred applications and my preferred web browser is now set to chromium and no I am not running chromium I am running the official chrome. So you may just need to set that to chromium and then when you launch chrome with the web browser click Do Not Show Message Again. I have not tried this but thought is was worth the mention.
Re: Default browser for UP4 ?
please don't bump old topics (see the forum rules), also this topic is about lmde and not mint main edition.