6 Jan
2021
6 Jan
'21
3:24 p.m.
Anno domini 2021 Wed, 6 Jan 09:31:23 -0500
Edward scripsit:
On 1/6/21 8:29 AM, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
Nothing changes things for firefox. Most likely "something" sets some
environment varable that firefox uses to determine if it's the standard browser.
So look for changes in your environment. Start with a clean reboot, then:
- open terminal window, "env | sort > /tmp/a", close terminal
- start firefox, note if the said popup appears
- open terminal window, "env | sort > /tmp/b", close terminal
- start "some other" browser
- open terminal window, "env | sort > /tmp/c", close terminal
- start firefox, note if the said popup appears
- open terminal window, "env | sort > /tmp/d", close terminal
Then note the differences aka changes to the initial environment (You may use
"kompare" instead of "diff", if you like):
$ diff /tmp/a /tmp/b
$ diff /tmp/a /tmp/c
$ diff /tmp/a /tmp/d
So let's see what changes from a to d :)
Nik
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Anno domini 2021 Wed, 6 Jan 08:09:23 -0500
Edward scripsit:
When I powered the system on this morning, the Firefox preferences
indicated it *was* the default browser, with the box to check for
default, unchecked. Last night, it was showing it was *not* the default.
In light of this, upon performing the steps in Q1:
1. No
2A. Unknown
Something appears to be changing the default browser status upon
shutdown/reboot. What I have been able to determine, so far:
If Konqueror or another web browser is left alone:
And Firefox is *not* the default browser, the box in Preferences to
always check if it's the default is *not* checked, both Firefox and
Thunderbird, so far, have behaved as expected. With the box unchecked,
Firefox obviously does not prompt for it to become the default.
Once Konqueror or another web browser is launched:
Firefox, when launched afterwards, will again prompt to become the
default and once again, Thunderbird will create 'Blogs & News Feeds' and
not open links when selected.
So you'll have to check 2 things:
1) reboot, launch firefox, close it, lauch any other browser, close it. reboot, launch
firefox: does the said popup occur?
2a) If not: what changed in the local users environment variablen?
2b) if yes: what files were changed in the local users environment?
Nik