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smellsource

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Registered: 2009-10-13

Posts: 1

xdg-open ignores defaults.list and opens everything in firefox

Hello.

Running Archlinux with LXDE. The topic describes my problem. I'm not sure if it's relevent, but I was running KDE-mod. I've removed most of it save for what is required to continue using some of the KDE applications I like (eg. k3b).

PCManFM opens files correctly, I only notice this weird behaviour when executing xdg-open from the command line.

Thanks for any help you might be able to give!

Pank

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From: IT

Registered: 2009-06-13

Posts: 371

Re: xdg-open ignores defaults.list and opens everything in firefox

I have the same problem.
Firefox should only be associated with html.

I use pekwm.

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tri1976

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Registered: 2009-09-07

Posts: 152

Re: xdg-open ignores defaults.list and opens everything in firefox

I have the same problem.  I'm using icewm.  I use xdg-mime to query default application for certain file type and they're correct (i.e "xdg-mime query default image/png", returns "geeqie.desktop", which is correct), but when I use xdg-open, it always opens in firefox.  Any suggestion?  Thanks

tri1976

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Registered: 2009-09-07

Posts: 152

Re: xdg-open ignores defaults.list and opens everything in firefox

I found the solutions from the following threads.
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=84844
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=84844

indelhi

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Registered: 2007-10-10

Posts: 3

Re: xdg-open ignores defaults.list and opens everything in firefox

I patch xdg-open as follows:

--- /usr/bin/xdg-open.orig      2009-12-16 17:41:58.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/bin/xdg-open   2009-12-16 17:43:20.000000000 -0500
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@
     if [ x"$KDE_FULL_SESSION" = x"true" ]; then DE=kde;
     elif [ x"$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" != x"" ]; then DE=gnome;
     elif xprop -root _DT_SAVE_MODE | grep ' = \"xfce4\"$' >/dev/null 2>&1; then DE=xfce;
+    elif [ x"$DESKTOP_SESSION" = x"LXDE" ]; then DE=lxde;
     fi
}

@@ -426,6 +427,10 @@
     open_xfce "$url"
     ;;

+    lxde)
+    pcmanfm "$url"
+    ;;
+
     generic)
     open_generic "$url"
     ;;
~

In short, add a line in detectDE to detect LXDE and then add pcmanfm as the default opener in open_generic.  Incidentally, chromium uses xdg-open .. so this helps open files from it.

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: xdg-open ignores defaults.list and opens everything in firefox

xdg-open doesn't care about what xdg-mime says. If you're in GNOME, KDE, or XFCE, it uses the default app set by that desktop. Otherwise, it uses $BROWSER, or "firefox" if there's no $BROWSER set either. Very stupid...

Rasi

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-08-14

Posts: 1,914

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Re: xdg-open ignores defaults.list and opens everything in firefox

I found the solutions from the following threads.
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=84844
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=84844

for completeness, the solutions: put one of those in your X startup file:

export DE=kde
export DE=gnome

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JohnDVD

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Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 39

Re: xdg-open ignores defaults.list and opens everything in firefox

for completeness, the solutions: put one of those in your X startup file:

export DE=kde
export DE=gnome

...which means ~/.xinitrc

This solves the problem, even if no gnome or kde is installed. I'm using icewm.

Thanks for the solution.

bernarcher

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From: Germany

Registered: 2009-02-17

Posts: 2,281

Re: xdg-open ignores defaults.list and opens everything in firefox

Two years old thread and nothing new. Keep it read-only now.
Please read our forum etiquette on necro-bumping.

Closing.

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