[SOLVED] How can I set icedove default browser ?

gRRosminet · 09-23-2011, 03:15 AM

Hello,

Since I have removed IceWeasel from my computer, IceDove can't open any link (when you click nothing happends).

I have tried to change configuration of KDE, it works perfectly for KDE but not for Icedove.
I have tried to change configuration as mentionned in : http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...rowser-882589/ ... no effect (default configuration is x-www-browser which points to google chrome and works perfectly on command line)

How can I change the browser used by icedove ?!

Thanks :-)

frrossk · 09-23-2011, 03:54 AM

Try in a root console: "update-alternatives --config x-www-browser" (no
quotes), then set your default browser from there

gRRosminet · 09-26-2011, 11:52 AM

As I said, x-www-browser is well configured but Icedove doesn't use it !

craigevil · 10-01-2011, 04:16 AM

Open icedove/thunderbird and go to:

Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Config Editor

Then adding two new config strings:

network.protocol-handler.app.http
network.protocol-handler.app.https

and setting them both to the value 'x-www-browser'

If that doesn't work take a look at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/is...etail?id=23973

For more info on the issue see :
http://www.google.com/support/forum/...24181986&hl=en

gRRosminet · 10-04-2011, 12:47 PM

Well ! your last link gave me the fix :

Quote:

gconftool-2 -u /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command
gconftool-2 -u /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command

Actually Icedove always use GConf2 even on KDE and even if Gnome desktop have been removed (I kept the necessary files for some applications to work). Iceweasel was set as default handler for http / https in gconf so it systematicaly failed to launch browser. The two commands mentioned here remove specific configuration and restore default one so that sensible-browser is used now and it matches x-www-browser :-)