I was able to fix this issue by adding 'google-chrome.desktop' to the cooresponding file associations in this file: ~.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
More detailed information on how to edit this file can be found here: http://www.johannes-eva.net/change-the-default-application-ubuntu-linux Here is my version: --------------------BEGIN FILE----------------------------- [Added Associations] application/xml=gedit.desktop; application/x-php=gedit.desktop; x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop; x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop; [Default Applications] x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop x-scheme-handler/ftp=firefox.desktop x-scheme-handler/chrome=firefox.desktop text/html=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop; application/x-extension-htm=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop; application/x-extension-html=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop; application/x-extension-shtml=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop; application/xhtml+xml=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop; application/x-extension-xhtml=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop; application/x-extension-xht=google-chrome.desktop;firefox.desktop; -------------------- END FILE----------------------------- -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/776393 Title: Can't make Chromium my default web browser -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
