On 2021-01-06 09:01:32 Edward wrote:
On 1/6/21 9:31 AM, Edward wrote:
On 1/6/21 8:29 AM, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
Anno domini 2021 Wed, 6 Jan 08:09:23 -0500
Edward scripsit:
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:
- 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
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:
- No
2A. Unknown
Something appears to be changing the default browser status upon shutdown/reboot.
Just did a shutdown (for 20 minutes) and powered it back on. Opened Thunderbird, selected a link in an e-mail, it correctly launched Firefox and opened the page. Upon checking the Firefox preferences, it now shows Firefox is *not* the default browser with the check-for-default box still unchecked.
So, something occurring during shutdowns and reboots, is clearly affecting the system default browser settings.
Is there anything pertinent/suspicious in the system log for the period between the shutdown command and the hardware shutdown?
Leslie --