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#1 2008-08-28 16:03:56

zenlord
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[SOLVED] LXDE / Evolution: setting default browser?

Hello,

Recently I switched to LXDE coming from Gnome, and clicking an URL in an email doesn't open my browser anymore.

I searched gconf-editor to set my default browser app, and found some references to epiphany (that I changed to firefox), but that doesn't seem to have fixed it.

Anyone?

Last edited by zenlord (2008-09-04 16:04:34)

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#2 2008-09-04 07:46:49

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Re: [SOLVED] LXDE / Evolution: setting default browser?

First and last *BUMP*

BTW: I'm using evolution to read my email.

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#3 2008-09-04 09:24:02

zephyrus17
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Re: [SOLVED] LXDE / Evolution: setting default browser?

I would like to learn how to change it as well. It keeps opening Epiphany.

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#4 2008-09-04 09:31:26

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Re: [SOLVED] LXDE / Evolution: setting default browser?

I found the answer. Are you using gnome? If so, just go to Prefered Applications, then type in "firefox" instead of the whatever browser that you don't want.

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#5 2008-09-04 10:48:07

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Re: [SOLVED] LXDE / Evolution: setting default browser?

Well,thanks for your answer! big_smile

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#6 2008-09-04 13:10:19

zenlord
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Re: [SOLVED] LXDE / Evolution: setting default browser?

Thx for your answer, but I'm using LXDE, not Gnome.

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#7 2008-09-04 14:15:08

Army
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Re: [SOLVED] LXDE / Evolution: setting default browser?

I think this has to be set up in your email program! I use claws-mail and there is an option for this. I think evolution is too much integrated into gnome to be able to  do such a setting in the program itself, maybe it looks into Gnome's defaults, which you cannot set without the configuration tools of gnome.
My recommendations:
Use another mail programm, i.e. claws-mail, which I like pretty much.
Install Gnome (minimal installation), do the settings and uninstall it afterwards or let it on the machine, if it doesn't disturb you.

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#8 2008-09-04 15:58:26

zenlord
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Re: [SOLVED] LXDE / Evolution: setting default browser?

Army wrote:

I think this has to be set up in your email program! I use claws-mail and there is an option for this. I think evolution is too much integrated into gnome to be able to  do such a setting in the program itself, maybe it looks into Gnome's defaults, which you cannot set without the configuration tools of gnome.
My recommendations:
Use another mail programm, i.e. claws-mail, which I like pretty much.
Install Gnome (minimal installation), do the settings and uninstall it afterwards or let it on the machine, if it doesn't disturb you.

Yes, it looks like I should switch to another emailprogram, but at the moment I'm tied with hands and feet to evolution, since I'm using webcalendars and LDAP-contacts. Thunderbird + lightning is coming along nicely, but it cannot write to LDAP and claws-mail has calendar-support, but it is slow and the GUI to it is very arcane.

The gnome-settings are stored IIRC in gconf, and I cannot find the right entries sad

Zl.
/EDIT: thought about it and did a new search in gconf-editor and found out that I still had some references to a test-setup for firefox 3.0beta. This thread can be closed as it is solved. THX for your answers!

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