Re: siduction distribution - KDE4 desktop - Default browser problem - SOLVED
On 20/04/12 16:50, Camaleón wrote:
On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:43:30 +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
When I clicked on an http link in an email message in icedove, firefox
was started and the link appeared on a tab.
Fine.
Then I discovered that my firefox stopped working. Click on firefox: no
action. So I deleted firefox from the /usr/local tree and deleted
~/.mozilla in case that was the problem (a duff plugin perhaps).
Wow, that was too radical... how about finding first what the problem can
be? :-)
Yes, I must admit that I am not very good at solving computer problems
on my own. Even though I've been using Linux since 1993, I still lean on
other people. I've found that posting in linux.debian.user get's results
usually. And recently, a very helpful person has been helping me get
Digital TV in the alt.os.linux.debian newsgroup. Then again, the
siduction IRC channel can help. Today, I got onto #debian-kde and
someone solved this browser problem. Took about 5 minutes. I bet that
Windows users do not get so much help, but I may be wrong, not knowing
anything about it.
Then, using elinks, I downloaded firefox version 11.0 from
www.mozilla.org and installed the contents of the tarball in
/usr/local/share/firefox. I then put a link to the firefox binary in my
own binary directory which is on my PATH.
I then clicked on KDE Settings->System Settings->Default Applications
and made sure that firefox was the default browser. Then I logged out in
case that was needed.
Now, when I click on a link in an email message in icedove, nothing
happens. No web-browser loaded.
I noticed that /etc/alternatives/www-browser pointed to /usr/bin/elinks.
For an X browser should be "update-alternatives --list x-www-browser".
So I tried the command
sudo apt-get purge elinks-lite
Wowow, sir, you're a compulsive remover ;-D
Yes, it's so easy to purge and install packages under Debian.
but that purged elinks-lite and install konqueror which I definitely do
not want to use, 'cos I'm happy with firefox.Does clicking on a link now
load a web browser? No.
Neither Konqueror? :-?
The problem was in icedove (see below).
How can I get the web-browser loaded when I click on an email message
link? Anybody any ideas?
Sincerely
Try with "update-alternatives" but remember the leading "x".
I found that I could tell icedove to Use firefox for http and https
links and that solved the problem.
--
Sian Mountbatten
ex-Algol 68 specialist
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