You are correct. It should. The bug is in a script that changes the x
-www-browser file. I am marking the bug as confirmed and will edit the
description for the developers. In the meantime in order to get a
choice of a preferred web browser, uninstall epiphany since you do not
use it anyway.
sudo apt-get autoremove epiphany-browser
Then try the following command in terminal again:
x-www-browser
This time firefox should open without a problem.
** Package changed: update-manager (Ubuntu) => gnome-control-center
(Ubuntu)
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: update-manager
- I fired up Update Manager to check what fixes were waiting - decided to
- have a look at the related Launchpad report against one of the kernel
- updates... instead of opening up a tab in Firefox as I expected, it
- started another program called the "Gnome Web Browser". In turn, this
- messed up my audio playback - I had to reboot to get my audio back.
- This affected ALL audio playback whether from my browser or from other
- audio apps (Totem, Rhythmbox etc).
+ --------------------
+
+ Bug summary: Seems that a script in gnome-control-center is not acting
+ properly. [[/usr/bin/gnome-default-applications-properties]] The GUI
+ does not edit the default browser located in the script x-www-browser.
+ As long as epiphany-browser is installed, it remains the default browser
+ even when editing gnome-default-applications-properties. In order to
+ change the default browser launched by the script "x-www-browser", one
+ needs to run the following command manually: update-alternatives
+ --config x-www-browser
+
+ --------------------
+ I fired up Update Manager to check what fixes were waiting - decided to have
a look at the related Launchpad report against one of the kernel updates...
instead of opening up a tab in Firefox as I expected, it started another
program called the "Gnome Web Browser". In turn, this messed up my audio
playback - I had to reboot to get my audio back. This affected ALL audio
playback whether from my browser or from other audio apps (Totem, Rhythmbox
etc).
I tested with iPlayer - and while I could watch images, there was no
audio at all until I rebooted.
I have Firefox set as my default browser in System Preferences - surely
this option should be used by all apps requesting web-page output?
What was concerning was - I had Firefox open at the time -
Expected behaviour... that the Launchpad page would open up in a new tab
within Firefox.
Please fix.
- ProblemType: Bug
- DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
+ ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.134.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-26.48-generic 2.6.32.24+drm33.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-26-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 21 18:35:00 2010
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
- LANG=en_GB.utf8
- SHELL=/bin/bash
- SourcePackage: update-manager
+ LANG=en_GB.utf8
+ SHELL=/bin/bashSourcePackage: update-manager
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693131
Title:
Launchpad links in the bug-fix description field don't lauch Firefox
when set as default
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