On 06/05/2011 07:56 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > 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. Gnome 3 default desktop. I have run gnome-control-center (several times, as a matter of fact); FireFox is set as default browser. -- Tim Evans, TKEvans.com, Inc. | 5 Chestnut Court UNIX System Admin Consulting | Owings Mills, MD 21117 http://www.tkevans.com/ | 443-394-3864 http://www.come-here.com/News/ | tkevans@xxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
