Evolution: Chromium now default browser

ReaphSharc · 2010-07-15 09:19:34

Annoying issue I've not manage to tackle yet:
For reasons beyond me, Chromium has become Evolution's default browser. This is annoying, because Firefox is my default browser and I'd like to click on a link and have it opened in Firefox, not Chromium. I've not been able to find how to change this, or how it was changed in the first place.

Any idea's?

I'm running XFCE4, so not every default Gnome config thingy is installed.

karol · 2010-07-15 09:29:28

> how it was changed in the first place
Chromium asks if you want it to be the default browser.

Go to "Options" and at the bottom you should have "Default Browser" settings.

Last edited by karol (2010-07-15 09:31:38)

ReaphSharc · 2010-07-15 09:36:32

karol wrote:

> how it was changed in the first place
Chromium asks if you want it to be the default browser.
Go to "Options" and at the bottom you should have "Default Browser" settings.

Yes... but it's not the system wide default browser, ONLY in Evolution. Nowhere else...

karol · 2010-07-15 09:39:15

Sorry, I don't even know what is Evolution so I won't be able to help you.

alexandrite · 2010-07-15 11:26:06

If you're using gconf you can change the keys "/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http" and "desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https".

More info here.

Last edited by alexandrite (2010-07-15 11:26:37)

ReaphSharc · 2010-07-15 12:35:42

$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http
 command = firefox %s
 need-terminal = false
 needs_terminal = false
 enabled = true
$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https
 command = firefox %s
 need-terminal = false
 needs_terminal = false
 enabled = true

Even after stopping Evolution completely (including extra processes), and starting it again, any link I click is still handled by Chromium. I really don't want to uninstall Chromium, I want to fix this

Wutzara · 2010-07-15 13:50:58

maybe your key in desktop->gnome->applications->browser pointing to chromium?

ReaphSharc · 2010-07-15 17:08:55

Wutzara wrote:

maybe your key in desktop->gnome->applications->browser pointing to chromium?

$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/applications/browser
 nremote = true
 exec = mozilla
 needs_term = false

Nope... this is starting to be a very interesting problem

rrvv33 · 2017-04-19 09:26:46

Whoa, 7 years later, problem still the same

WorMzy · 2017-04-19 11:07:45

Please do not necrobump, especially with empty posts.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping.22
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Closing.

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#1 2010-07-15 09:19:34

Evolution: Chromium now default browser

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