On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 05:33:24PM +0000, i'll teach you to turn away. wrote: > Arvind Marathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AM> On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 6:56 AM, i'll teach you to turn away. > >> for curiousity's sake, i renamed sensible-browser & then copied > >> lynx as /usr/bin/sensible-browser, but doing so made no difference to > >> pine. > AM> The script /usr/bin/sensible-browser points to /usr/bin/www-browser or > AM> /usr/bin/x-www-browser. So rather than renaming, a better option would > AM> be to set www-browser using > AM> update-alternatives --config www-browser > AM> and selecting lynx. > > hm. > > compunction:/home/crank# update-alternatives --config www-browser > > There is only 1 program which provides www-browser > (/usr/bin/links2). Nothing to configure. > > bit more help? i never actively use update-alternatives for > anything; it's been one of those programs i only use when someone tells me > to. ;D
I only had w3m as my text browser. And hence my www-browser was pointing to /usr/bin/w3m. To test the system behaviour, i installed lynx using aptitude. Now i get: ***************************************** [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# update-alternatives --config www-browser There are 2 alternatives which provide `www-browser'. Selection Alternative ----------------------------------------------- 1 /usr/bin/w3m *+ 2 /usr/bin/lynx.cur Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: ***************************************** Looks like the system changed default www-browser to lynx, when it installed lynx. Thats strange. Is this a bug? So perhaps in your case, links2 was installed later and got selected as www-browser. Still that does not explain why update-alternatives does not provide lynx as an option. Maybe you can re-install lynx and see what happens? Arvind -- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]