I'm setting this bug as incomplete since the last comment on it was years ago. If someone can still reproduce this bug, just bump it.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/902661 Title: Chromium unsets preferred webbrowser Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I'm running XUbuntu 11.10 (actually Ubuntu 11.10 with the xubuntu packages installed on top). When I select Chromium to be my preferred web browser from settings->setting manager->preferred application, Chromium will be launched when I select Web Browser from the main pull-down menu. However, when Chromium starts, it produces a message stating "Chromium is not your default browser" (or words of that nature). When I select "yes", and then reopen preferred applications, Chromium is no longer selected as the default web browser. It would seem that Chromium doesn't understand how to interpret the default settings in xfce4 - or muddles them up when it tries to make itself the default browser. The work-around is easy - tell Chromium not to ask anymore, and don't allow it to set itself as the default browser (use preferred applications instead to select the preferred browser). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: chromium-browser 15.0.874.106~r107270-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Dec 10 19:44:50 2011 Desktop-Session: DESKTOP_SESSION = xubuntu XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/xdg-xubuntu:/etc/xdg:/etc/xdg XDG_DATA_DIRS = /usr/share/xubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share Env: MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-12-03 (7 days ago) chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS="" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/902661/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp