On Sat, 13 Mar 2021, Edward wrote:
On 3/13/21 4:08 PM, Edward wrote:
Firefox keeps switching between being the default browser, to not being the default browser, sometimes during the same session. I don't know what's causing this, except that I have seen this behavior if I launch Konqueror or PCManFM-Qt as a file manager.
I also have Vivaldi installed, both Stable and Snapshot, but I'm wondering if the system is treating Konqueror as a web browser, not a file manager... I could always try uninstalling Konqueror, but I don't know if that would cause other issues with TDE.
xdg-settings indicates Firefox *is* the default browser, but Firefox says it *isn't*.
There is a problem, somewhere...
FWIW I see the same "update-alternatives --config x-www-browser" and "xdg-settings get default-web-browser" mis-matches.
jonesy@nix5:~$ update-alternatives --config x-www-browser There are 7 choices for the alternative x-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/x-www-browser).
Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ * 0 /usr/bin/brave-browser-stable 201 auto mode 1 /opt/trinity/bin/konqueror 100 manual mode 2 /usr/bin/brave-browser-stable 201 manual mode 3 /usr/bin/chromium-browser 40 manual mode 4 /usr/bin/firefox 40 manual mode 5 /usr/bin/opera 120 manual mode 6 /usr/bin/palemoon 40 manual mode 7 /usr/bin/vivaldi-stable 200 manual mode
Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
jonesy@nix5:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser firefox.desktop jonesy@nix5:~$
All-in-all I don't really care which browser is my "default" browser.... :-)
Jonesy