[Solved!] Re: lenny: how to use iceweasel, ie. x-www-browser from icedove?
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Florian Kulzer wrote on 2008-03-11 11:24:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:00:27 +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> On 03/11/08 03:34, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>>>> On my newly installed lenny, icedove opens links with epiphany instead
>>>> of my prefered iceweasel:
>>>>
>>>> root@e13-v21:~# ll /etc/alternatives/ |grep x-www-browser
>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2008-02-23 22:40 x-www-browser ->
>>>> /usr/bin/iceweasel
>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2008-02-23 22:40 x-www-browser.1.gz ->
>>>> /usr/share/man/man1/iceweasel.1.gz
>>>>
>>>> How to fix this?
>>> If you are implying that you use GNOME, then what you want is:
>>> System->Preferences->"Preferred Applications".
>> I am using KDE. That's why I'm rather upset that icedove doesn't respect
>> my system's default settings and instead 'forces' the use of gnome's
>> epiphany.
>
> Check the network.protocol-handler.app.http setting of icedove. (Edit ->
> Preferences -> Advanced tab -> Config Editor... button -> enter "http"
> as a filter) In my case this is set to "x-www-browser" (default) and
> that seems to work. (I have x-www-browser pointing to iceweasel just
> like you.)
Thanks. That is the case with me; it's displayed as default setting. As
I now realize, the problem occurs only for https:// sites. http:// are
correctly handled by iceweasel.
I have now copied the hint you gave to
network.protocol-handler.app.https and now it works!
In full the solution for people experiencing a similar problem is to
enter the advanced configuration editor:
Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced tab -> General tab -> Config Editor...
button -> enter
Within the field with preferences press right mouse button -> new -> string
Enter 'network.protocol-handler.app.https' into the box that opens
Enter 'x-www-browser' into the second box that opens.
Done.
I'm not sure, if I should file a bug? It's at least irritating that
icedove would open epiphany instead of iceweasel for https://
Thanks for the help.
Johannes
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