Re: siduction distribution - KDE4 desktop - Default browser problem - SOLVED
On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:05:43 +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
> 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.
He, he... like a "sucking leech" (just kidding ;-) ).
I'm the opposite. I love "wasting" my time in solving (mine or others)
problems, it's fun and you learn a lot by doing so, it's like self-
teaching.
>>> 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.
Yes, but despite its easiness one should first ask himself why he wants
to remove the package. Having a text browser installed can save your butt
under some scenarios, usually when you can't install packages for
whatever unknown reason and you have to browse the web from a tty
(Murphy's law) :-)
>> 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.
But what happens when you open a link from an application other than
Icedove? >;-P
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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